2 Samuel 21:1

New International Reader's Version

For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said, “It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.

Genesis 26:1

There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham’s time. Isaac went to Abimelek in Gerar. Abimelek was the king of the Philistines.

Genesis 41:57

People from all over the world came to Egypt. They came to buy grain from Joseph. That’s because people were very hungry everywhere.

Genesis 42:5

Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 43:1

There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land.

2 Samuel 16:8

You spilled the blood of a lot of people in Saul’s family. You took over his kingdom. Now the Lord is paying you back. He has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You have been destroyed because you are a murderer!”

2 Samuel 20:26

Ira, the Jairite, was David’s priest.

2 Samuel 21:5

They answered the king, “Saul nearly destroyed us. He made plans to wipe us out. We don’t have anywhere to live in Israel.

2 Samuel 24:1

The Lord was very angry with Israel. He stirred up David against them. He said, “Go! Count the men of Israel and Judah.”

2 Samuel 5:19

So David asked the Lord for advice. He said, “Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord answered him, “Go. I will surely hand over the Philistines to you.”

2 Samuel 5:23

So David asked the Lord for advice. The Lord answered, “Do not go straight up. Instead, circle around behind them. Attack them in front of the poplar trees.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to speak to Ahab. There wasn’t enough food in Samaria. The people there were very hungry.

2 Kings 6:25

There wasn’t enough food anywhere in the city. It was surrounded for so long that people had to weigh out two pounds of silver for a donkey’s head. They had to weigh out two ounces of silver for half a pint of seed pods.

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha had brought a woman’s son back to life. He had said to her, “Go away with your family. Stay for a while anywhere you can. The Lord has decided that there won’t be enough food in the land. That will be true for seven years.”

Job 10:2

I say to God, ‘Don’t find me guilty. Instead, tell me what charges you are bringing against me.

Psalm 27:8

My heart says, “Seek him!” Lord, I will seek you.

Psalm 50:15

Call out to me when trouble comes. I will save you. And you will honor me.”

Psalm 91:15

He will call out to me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in times of trouble. I will save him and honor him.

Leviticus 26:26

I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.

Numbers 27:21

Joshua will stand in front of Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will help him make decisions. Eleazar will get help from me by using the Urim. Joshua and the whole community of Israel must not make any move at all unless I command them to.”

Joshua 7:1

But the Israelites weren’t faithful to the Lord. They didn’t destroy what had been set apart to him. So they did not do what they had been told to do. Achan had taken some of those things. So the Lord became very angry with Israel. Achan was the son of Karmi. Karmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah. Achan and all his relatives were from the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 9:20

But here is what we’ll do to them. We’ll let them live. Then the Lord won’t be angry with us because we didn’t keep our promise.”

Ruth 1:1

There was a time when Israel didn’t have kings to rule over them. But they had leaders to help them. This is a story about some things that happened during that time. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Judah. So a man went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He was from Bethlehem in Judah. His wife and two sons went with him.

1 Samuel 10:22

They needed more help from the Lord. So they asked him, “Has the man come here yet?” The Lord said, “Yes. He has hidden himself among the supplies.”

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the citizens of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down here, as I’ve heard he would? Lord, you are the God of Israel. Please answer me.” The Lord said, “He will come down.”

1 Samuel 23:2

So he asked the Lord for advice. He said, “Should I go and attack those Philistines?” The Lord answered him, “Go and attack them. Save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:4

Once again David asked the Lord what he should do. The Lord answered him, “Go down to Keilah. I am going to hand the Philistines over to you.”