2 Samuel 21:1

New English Translation

During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

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

Genesis 26:1

There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

Genesis 41:57

People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Genesis 42:5

So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

Now the famine was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 16:8

The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

2 Samuel 20:26

Ira the Jairite was David’s personal priest.

2 Samuel 21:5

They replied to the king, “As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel –

2 Samuel 24:1

The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”

2 Samuel 5:19

So David asked the Lord, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David, “March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”

2 Samuel 5:23

So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 6:25

Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver.

2 Kings 8:1

Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

Job 10:2

I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

Psalm 27:8

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

Psalm 50:15

Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

Psalm 91:15

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.

Leviticus 26:26

When I break off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, and you will eat and not be satisfied.

Numbers 27:21

And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”

Joshua 7:1

But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city’s riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.

Joshua 9:20

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

Ruth 1:1

During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.

1 Samuel 10:22

So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.”

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, please inform your servant!” Then the Lord said, “He will come down.”

1 Samuel 23:2

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:4

So David asked the Lord once again. But again the Lord replied, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”