2 Samuel 21:1

New Living Translation

There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:10

At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

Genesis 26:1

A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

Genesis 41:57

And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.

Genesis 42:5

So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well.

Genesis 43:1

But the famine continued to ravage the land of Canaan.

2 Samuel 16:8

“The Lord is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”

2 Samuel 20:26

And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David’s personal priest.

2 Samuel 21:5

Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.

2 Samuel 24:1

Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.

2 Samuel 5:19

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”

2 Samuel 5:23

And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

2 Kings 6:25

As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some other place, for the Lord has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.”

Job 10:2

I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me— tell me the charge you are bringing against me.

Psalm 27:8

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”

Psalm 50:15

Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”

Psalm 91:15

When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them.

Leviticus 26:26

I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

Numbers 27:21

When direction from the Lord is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will use the Urim—one of the sacred lots cast before the Lord—to determine his will. This is how Joshua and the rest of the community of Israel will determine everything they should do.”

Joshua 7:1

But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the Lord. A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the Lord was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 9:20

This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.

Ruth 1:1

In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.

1 Samuel 10:22

So they asked the Lord, “Where is he?” And the Lord replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.”

1 Samuel 23:11

Will the leaders of Keilah betray me to him? And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O Lord, God of Israel, please tell me.” And the Lord said, “He will come.”

1 Samuel 23:2

David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.

1 Samuel 23:4

So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”