2 Kings 8:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,  ‘Get ready, you and your household, and go and live as a resident foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine,  and it has already come to the land.’

Cross References

Haggai 1:11

I have summoned a drought on the fields and the hills, on the grain, new wine, fresh oil, and whatever the ground yields, on people and animals, and on all that your hands produce.’

Ruth 1:1

During the time  of the judges,  there was a famine in the land.  A man left Bethlehem  in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

2 Kings 4:18

The child grew and one day went out to his father and the harvesters.

Genesis 12:10

There was a famine in the land,  so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Luke 4:25

But I say to you, there were certainly many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days,   when the sky was shut up for three years and six months while a great famine came over all the land.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah  the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives,  in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Acts 11:28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world.  This took place during the reign of Claudius.

Luke 21:22

because these are days of vengeance   to fulfil all the things that are written.

Luke 21:11

There will be violent earthquakes,   and famines and plagues   in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

Jeremiah 25:29

For I am already bringing disaster  on the city that bears my name,  so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth. This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.”

2 Samuel 24:13

So Gad went to David, told him the choices, and asked him, ‘Do you want three  years of famine to come on your land, to flee from your foes for three months while they pursue you, or to have a plague in your land for three days? Now, consider carefully  what answer I should take back to the one who sent me.’

2 Samuel 21:1

During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David enquired  of the Lord. The Lord answered, ‘It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.’

Genesis 47:4

And they said to Pharaoh, ‘We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe.  So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.’

Genesis 41:32

Since the dream was given twice to Pharaoh, it means that the matter has been determined by God, and he will carry it out soon.

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, ‘Pharaoh’s dreams mean the same thing. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 26:1

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time.  And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Genesis 41:54

and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every land, but in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal,  there was a famine  in the land. The sons of the prophets  were sitting before him.  He said to his attendant, ‘Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.’

2 Kings 7:20

This is what happened to him: the people trampled him in the city gate, and he died.

2 Kings 8:2

So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha called Gehazi and said, ‘Call the Shunammite woman.’ He called her and she came. Then Elisha said, ‘Pick up your son.’

Amos 4:6

I gave you absolutely nothing to eat  , in all your cities, a shortage of food in all your communities, yet you did not return to me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.