2 Kings 8:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Rise up and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you do sojourn, for יהוה  has called for a scarcity of food, and also, it is coming upon the land for seven years.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW ELISHA had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, Arise and go with your household and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and moreover, it will come upon the land for seven years.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

Common English Bible

¹ Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life: “You and your household must go away and live wherever you can, because the LORD has called for a famine. It is coming to the land and will last seven years.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had caused to live, saying: "Rise up. Go, you and your household, and sojourn in whatever place you can find. For the Lord has called forth a famine, and it shall overwhelm the land for seven years."

2 Kings 8:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇ

Genesis 26:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the land, besides the first scarcity of food which was in the days of Aḇ

Genesis 41:25

And Yosĕ

Genesis 41:32

“And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the word is established by Elohim, and Elohim is hastening to do it.

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosĕ

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to dwell in the land, because there is no pasture for your servant’s flocks, for the scarcity of food is severe in the land of Kenaʽ

2 Samuel 21:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 24:13

Gaḏ

1 Kings 17:1

And Ě

1 Kings 18:2

Thereupon Ě

2 Kings 4:18

And the child grew. And it came to be on a day that he went out to his father, to the reapers,

2 Kings 4:36

And he called Gĕ

2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha returned to Gilgal. And the scarcity of food was in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”

2 Kings 7:20

And so it came to be for him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

2 Kings 8:2

And the woman rose up and did according to the word of the man of Elohim, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines, seven years.

Psalm 105:16

And He called for a scarcity of food in the land; He cut off all the supply of bread.

Psalm 107:34

A land of fruit becomes a salty desert, For the evil of those who dwell in it.

Jeremiah 25:29

“For look, I am beginning to bring evil upon the city which is called by My Name, and should you be entirely unpunished? You are not going unpunished, for I am calling for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares יהוה  of hosts.’

Leviticus 26:26

‘When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back to you your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.

Amos 4:6

“And I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places. But you did not turn back to Me,” declares יהוה.

Haggai 1:11

“And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on whatever the ground brings forth, and on man, and on livestock, and on all the labour of the hands.”

Luke 21:11

“And there shall be great earthquakes in various places, and scarcities of food and deadly diseases. And there shall be horrors, and great signs from heaven.

Luke 21:22

“Because these are days of vengeance, to fill all that have been written.

Luke 4:25

“But truly I say to you, many widows were in Yisra’ĕ

Acts 11:28

And one of them, named Ḥ

Ruth 1:1

And it came to be, in the days when the rulers ruled, that there was a scarcity of food in the land. And a man from Bĕ