2 Kings 8:1

Conservative English Version

Elisha told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "The LORD has warned that there will be no food here for seven years. Take your family and go live somewhere else for a while."

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

The crops failed, and there was no food anywhere in the land. So Abram and his wife Sarai went to live in Egypt for a while. But just before they got there, he said, "Sarai, you are really beautiful!

Genesis 26:1

Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,

Genesis 41:25

Joseph replied: Your Majesty, both of your dreams mean the same thing, and in them God has shown what he is going to do.

Genesis 41:32

God has given you two dreams to let you know that he has definitely decided to do this and that he will do it soon.

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was not enough food in other countries, but all over Egypt there was plenty.

Genesis 47:4

But in our country all the pastures are dried up, and our sheep have no grass to eat. So we, your servants, have come here. Please let us live in the region of Goshen."

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there were three years in a row when the nation of Israel could not grow enough food. So David asked the LORD for help, and the LORD answered, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder, because he had the Gibeonites killed."

2 Samuel 24:13

(SEE 24:12)

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, "I'm a servant of the living LORD, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground."

1 Kings 18:2

(SEE 18:1)

2 Kings 4:18

One day while the boy was still young, he was out in the fields with his father, where the workers were harvesting the crops.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha called out to Gehazi, "Have the boy's mother come here." Gehazi did, and when she was at the door, Elisha said, "You can take your son."

2 Kings 4:38

Later, Elisha went back to Gilgal, where there was almost nothing to eat, because the crops had failed. One day while the prophets who lived there were meeting with Elisha, he said to his servant, "Fix a big pot of stew for these prophets."

2 Kings 7:20

And that's exactly what happened--the officer was trampled to death.

2 Kings 8:2

The woman did exactly what Elisha had said and went to live in Philistine territory. She and her family lived there seven years.

Psalm 105:16

God kept crops from growing until food was scarce everywhere in the land.

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Jeremiah 25:29

Starting with my own city of Jerusalem, everyone on earth will suffer from war. So there is no way I will let you escape unharmed."

Leviticus 26:26

You will have such a shortage of bread, that ten women will be able to bake their bread in the same oven. Each of you will get only a few crumbs, and you will go hungry.

Amos 4:6

I, the LORD, took away the food from every town and village, but still you rejected me.

Haggai 1:11

And so, at my command everything will become barren--your farmland and pastures, your vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your hard work will be for nothing.

Luke 21:11

There will be great earthquakes, and in many places people will starve to death and suffer terrible diseases. All sorts of frightening things will be seen in the sky.

Luke 21:22

This time of punishment is what is written about in the Scriptures.

Luke 4:25

Once during the time of Elijah there was no rain for three and a half years, and people everywhere were starving. There were many widows in Israel,

Acts 11:28

One of them was Agabus. Then with the help of the Spirit, he told that there would be a terrible famine everywhere in the world. And it happened when Claudius was Emperor.

Ruth 1:1

Before Israel was ruled by kings, Elimelech from the tribe of Ephrath lived in the town of Bethlehem. His wife was named Naomi, and their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. But when their crops failed, they moved to the country of Moab. And while they were there,