2 Kings 8:1

Good News Translation (US Version)

Now Elisha had told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he had brought back to life, that the Lord was sending a famine on the land, which would last for seven years, and that she should leave with her family and go and live somewhere else.

Cross References

Haggai 1:11

I have brought drought on the land—on its hills, grainfields, vineyards, and olive orchards—on every crop the ground produces, on people and animals, on everything you try to grow.”

Psalm 105:16

The Lord sent famine to their country and took away all their food.

Ruth 1:1

Long ago, in the days before Israel had a king, there was a famine in the land. So a man named Elimelech, who belonged to the clan of Ephrath and who lived in Bethlehem in Judah, went with his wife Naomi and their two sons Mahlon and Chilion to live for a while in the country of Moab. While they were living there,

2 Kings 4:18

Some years later, at harvest time, the boy went out one morning to join his father, who was in the field with the harvest workers.

Genesis 12:10

But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.

Luke 4:25

Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,

1 Kings 17:1

A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, “In the name of the Lord, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so.”

Leviticus 26:26

I will cut off your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake all the bread they have. They will ration it out, and when you have eaten it all, you will still be hungry.

Acts 11:28

One of them, named Agabus, stood up and by the power of the Spirit predicted that a severe famine was about to come over all the earth. (It came when Claudius was emperor.)

Luke 21:22

For those will be ‘The Days of Punishment,’ to make come true all that the Scriptures say.

Luke 21:11

There will be terrible earthquakes, famines, and plagues everywhere; there will be strange and terrifying things coming from the sky.

Jeremiah 25:29

I will begin my work of destruction in my own city. Do they think they will go unpunished? No, they will be punished, for I am going to send war on all the people on earth. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.

Psalm 107:34

He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

2 Samuel 24:13

Gad went to him, told him what the Lord had said, and asked, “Which is it to be? Three years of famine in your land or three months of running away from your enemies or three days of an epidemic in your land? Now think it over, and tell me what answer to take back to the Lord.”

2 Samuel 21:1

During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the Lord about it, and the Lord said, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death.” (

Genesis 47:4

“We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

Genesis 41:32

The repetition of your dream means that the matter is fixed by God and that he will make it happen in the near future.

Genesis 41:25

Joseph said to the king, “The two dreams mean the same thing; God has told you what he is going to do.

Genesis 26:1

There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. 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 other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.

2 Kings 4:38

Once, when there was a famine throughout the land, Elisha returned to Gilgal. While he was teaching a group of prophets, he told his servant to put a big pot on the fire and make some stew for them.

2 Kings 7:20

And that is just what happened to him—he died, trampled to death by the people at the city gate.

2 Kings 8:2

She had followed his instructions and had gone with her family to live in Philistia for the seven years.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha called Gehazi and told him to call the boy's mother. When she came in, he said to her, “Here's your son.”

Amos 4:6

“I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.