2 Kings 8:1

Easy To Read Version

Elisha talked to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. Elisha said, “You and your family should move to another country. Why? Because the Lord has decided that there will be a time of hunger here. This time of hunger will be in this country for seven years.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

During this time, the land was very dry. There was no rain, and no food was able to grow. So Abram went down to Egypt to live.

Genesis 26:1

Once there was a famine. [151] This was like the famine that happened during Abraham’s life. So Isaac went to the town of Gerar, to Abimelech the king of the Philistine people.

Genesis 41:25

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “These two dreams are about the same thing. God is telling you what will happen soon.

Genesis 41:32

“Pharaoh, you had two dreams about the same thing. Why? God wanted to show you that he really will make this happen. And he will make it happen soon!

Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of hunger began, just like Joseph had said. No food grew anywhere in any of the countries in that area. But in Egypt, people had plenty to eat! Why? Because Joseph had stored the grain.

Genesis 47:4

They said to Pharaoh, “The time of hunger is very bad in Canaan. There are no fields left with grass for our animals. So we have come to live in this land. We ask you to please let us live in Goshen.”

2 Samuel 21:1

There was a famine while David was king. This time of hunger continued for three years. David prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered. The Lord said, “Saul and his family of murderers [119] are the reason for this time of hunger. This famine came because Saul killed the Gibeonites.” (

2 Samuel 24:13

Gad went to David and told him. Gad said to David, “{Choose one of these three things:}

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to meet Ahab.

2 Kings 4:18

The boy grew. One day, the boy went out into the fields to see his father and the men cutting the grain.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman!”

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a time of hunger in the land. The group of prophets [32] was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets.”

2 Kings 7:20

It happened to the officer just that way. The people knocked him down at the gate and walked on him, and he died.

2 Kings 8:2

So the woman did what the man of God [92] said. She went with her family to stay in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Psalm 105:16

God caused a famine {\cf2\super [550]} in that country.\par People did not have enough food to eat.\par

Psalm 107:34

God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par

Jeremiah 25:29

I am already making these bad things happen to Jerusalem, the city that is called by my name. Maybe you people think that you will not be punished. But you are wrong. You will be punished. I am calling out a sword to attack all the people of the earth.’” This message is from the Lord.

Leviticus 26:26

I will give you a share of the grain {left in that city}. {But there will be very little food to eat.} Ten women will be able to cook all their bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread. You will eat, but you will still be hungry!

Amos 4:6

“\{I did many things to try to make you come to me.\} I didn’t give you any food to eat. {\cf2\super [53]} There was no food in any of your cities. But you didn’t come back to me.” The Lord said those things.

Haggai 1:11

\{The Lord says,\} “I gave the command for the land and the mountains to be dry. The grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the earth produces will all be ruined! {\cf2\super [4]} All the people and all the animals will become weak.”

Luke 21:11

There will be great earthquakes, sicknesses, and other bad things in many places. In some places there will be no food for the people to eat. Terrible things will happen, and amazing things will come from heaven to warn people.

Luke 21:22

The prophets {\cf2\super [334]} wrote many things about the time when God will punish his people. The time I am telling you about is the time when all these things must happen.

Luke 4:25

What I say is true. During the time of Elijah {\cf2\super [74]} it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows {\cf2\super [75]} in Israel during that time.

Acts 11:28

One of these prophets was named Agabus. In Antioch, Agabus stood up and spoke. With the help of the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [230]} he said, “A very bad time is coming to the whole world. There will be no food for people to eat.” (This time without food happened when Claudius was emperor. {\cf2\super [231]})

Ruth 1:1

Long ago, during the time the judges [1] ruled, there was a bad time when there was not enough food to eat. A man named Elimelech left Bethlehem, Judah. He, his wife and his two sons moved to the hill country of Moab. [2]