2 Kings 8:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Elisha once said to the woman whose son he had restored to life: “Get ready! Leave with your household and live wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a seven-year famine which is coming upon the land.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

There was famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, since the famine in the land was severe.

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, distinct from the earlier one that had occurred in the days of Abraham, and Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Genesis 41:25

Joseph said to Pharaoh: “Pharaoh’s dreams have the same meaning. God has made known to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Genesis 41:32

That Pharaoh had the same dream twice means that the matter has been confirmed by God and that God will soon bring it about.

Genesis 41:54

the seven years of famine set in, just as Joseph had said. Although there was famine in all the other countries, food was available throughout the land of Egypt.

Genesis 47:4

We have come,” they continued, “in order to sojourn in this land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, because the famine has been severe in the land of Canaan. So now please let your servants settle in the region of Goshen.”

2 Samuel 21:1

In David’s time there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, who said: There is bloodguilt on Saul and his family because he put the Gibeonites to death.

2 Samuel 24:13

Gad then went to David to inform him. He asked: “Should three years of famine come upon your land; or three months of fleeing from your enemy while he pursues you; or is it to be three days of plague in your land? Now consider well: what answer am I to give to him who sent me?”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.”

1 Kings 18:2

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

2 Kings 4:18

and the child grew up healthy. One day the boy went out to his father among the reapers.

2 Kings 4:36

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” He called her, and she came to him, and Elisha said to her, “Take your son.”

2 Kings 4:38

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. Once, when the guild prophets were seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put the large pot on, and make some vegetable stew for the guild prophets.”

2 Kings 7:20

And that is what happened to him, for the people trampled him to death at the gate.

2 Kings 8:2

The woman got ready and did as the man of God said, setting out with her household, and living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Psalm 105:16

Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustained them.

Psalm 107:34

Fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its people.

Jeremiah 25:29

Now that I am inflicting evil on this city, called by my name, how can you possibly escape? You shall not escape! I am calling down the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth—oracle of the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 26:26

When I break your staff of bread, ten women will need but one oven for baking your bread, and they shall dole it out to you by weight; and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.

Amos 4:6

Though I made your teeth clean of food in all your cities, and made bread scarce in all your dwellings, Yet you did not return to me— oracle of the Lord.

Haggai 1:11

And I have proclaimed a devastating heat upon the land and upon the mountains, Upon the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil, upon all that the ground brings forth; Upon human being and beast alike, and upon all they produce. Response of Leaders and People.

Luke 21:11

There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky. The Coming Persecution.

Luke 21:22

for these days are the time of punishment when all the scriptures are fulfilled.

Luke 4:25

Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land.

Acts 11:28

and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius.

Ruth 1:1

Once back in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land; so a man from Bethlehem of Judah left home with his wife and two sons to reside on the plateau of Moab.