Ruth 1:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

IN THE days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous).

Genesis 26:1

AND THERE was a famine in the land, other than the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

Ezekiel 14:13

Son of man, when a land sins against Me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out My hand against it and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it and cut off from it man and beast,

Judges 17:8

And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place, and as he journeyed he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break and humble your pride in your power, and I will make your heavens as iron [yielding no answer, no blessing, no rain] and your earth [as sterile] as brass. [I Kings 17:1.]

Genesis 43:1

BUT THE hunger and destitution and starvation were very severe and extremely distressing in the land [Canaan].

Amos 4:6

I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and want of bread in all your places; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord.

Psalm 105:16

Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. [Gen. 41:54.]

Deuteronomy 28:38

You shall carry much seed out into the field and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. [Fulfilled in Hag. 1:6.]

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send My four sore acts of judgment upon Jerusalem–the sword, the famine, the evil wild beasts, and the pestilence–to cut off from it man and beast! [Lev. 26:21-33.]

Jeremiah 14:1

THE WORD of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Psalm 107:34

A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. [Gen. 13:10; 14:3; 19:25.]

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

Judges 12:8

And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

2 Samuel 21:1

THERE WAS a three-year famine in the days of David, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. The Lord replied, It is on account of Saul and his bloody house, for he put to death the Gibeonites.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man in Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity). [Gen. 49:10; Matt. 2:5-12; John 7:42.]

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

1 Chronicles 2:54

The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, [and] the Zorites,