Verse 1

And there was a famine{H7458} in the days{H3117} of David{H1732} three{H7969} years,{H8141} year{H8141} after{H310} year;{H8141} and David{H1732} sought{H1245} the face of{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} It is for Saul,{H7586} and for his bloody{H1818} house,{H1004} because he put to death{H4191} the Gibeonites.{H1393}

Referenced Verses

  • Num 27:21 : 21 And he shall stand{H5975} before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} who shall inquire{H7592} for him by the judgment{H4941} of the Urim{H224} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} at his word{H6310} shall they go out,{H3318} and at his word{H6310} they shall come in,{H935} both he, and all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} with him, even all the congregation.{H5712}
  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land:{H776} and Abram{H87} went down{H3381} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481} there; for the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land.{H776}
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land,{H776} besides{H905} the first{H7223} famine{H7458} that was in the days{H3117} of Abraham.{H85} And Isaac{H3327} went{H3212} unto Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines,{H6430} unto Gerar.{H1642}
  • Gen 41:57-42:1 : 57 And all countries{H776} came{H935} into Egypt{H4714} to Joseph{H3130} to buy{H7666} grain, because the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in all the earth.{H776} 1 Now Jacob{H3290} saw{H7200} that there was{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt,{H4714} and Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto his sons,{H1121} Why do ye look{H7200} one upon another?
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land.{H776}
  • Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And I will break{H7665} the pride{H1347} of your power:{H5797} and I will make{H5414} your heaven{H8064} as iron,{H1270} and your earth{H776} as brass;{H5154} 20 and your strength{H3581} shall be spent{H8552} in vain;{H7385} for your land{H776} shall not yield{H5414} its increase,{H2981} neither shall the trees{H6086} of the land{H776} yield{H5414} their fruit.{H6529}
  • Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break{H7665} your staff{H4294} of bread,{H3899} ten{H6235} women{H802} shall bake{H644} your bread{H3899} in one{H259} oven,{H8574} and they shall deliver{H7725} your bread{H3899} again{H7725} by weight:{H4948} and ye shall eat,{H398} and not be satisfied.{H7646}
  • Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} committed{H4603} a trespass{H4604} in the devoted thing;{H2764} for Achan,{H5912} the son{H1121} of Carmi,{H3756} the son{H1121} of Zabdi,{H2067} the son{H1121} of Zerah,{H2226} of the tribe{H4294} of Judah,{H3063} took{H3947} of the devoted thing:{H2764} and the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel{H3478} hath sinned;{H2398} yea, they have even transgressed{H5674} my covenant{H1285} which I commanded{H6680} them: yea, they have even taken{H3947} of the devoted thing,{H2764} and have also stolen,{H1589} and dissembled{H3584} also; and they have even put{H7760} it among their own stuff.{H3627} 12 Therefore the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cannot{H3201} stand{H6965} before{H6440} their enemies;{H341} they turn{H6437} their backs{H6203} before{H6440} their enemies,{H341} because they are become accursed:{H2764} I will not be with you any more,{H3254} except{H3808} ye destroy{H8045} the devoted{H2764} thing from among{H7130} you.
  • 1 Sam 22:17-19 : 17 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto the guard{H7323} that stood{H5324} about him, Turn,{H5437} and slay{H4191} the priests{H3548} of Jehovah;{H3068} because their hand{H3027} also is with David,{H1732} and because they knew{H3045} that he fled,{H1272} and did not disclose{H1540} it to me. But the servants{H5650} of the king{H4428} would{H14} not put forth{H7971} their hand{H3027} to fall{H6293} upon the priests{H3548} of Jehovah.{H3068} 18 And the king{H4428} said{H559} to Doeg,{H1673} Turn{H5437} thou, and fall{H6293} upon the priests.{H3548} And Doeg{H1673} the Edomite{H130} turned,{H5437} and he fell{H6293} upon the priests,{H3548} and he slew{H4191} on that day{H3117} fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} persons{H376} that did wear{H5375} a linen{H906} ephod.{H646} 19 And Nob,{H5011} the city{H5892} of the priests,{H3548} smote{H5221} he with the edge{H6310} of the sword,{H2719} both men{H376} and women,{H802} children{H5768} and sucklings,{H3243} and oxen{H7794} and asses{H2543} and sheep,{H7716} with the edge{H6310} of the sword.{H2719}
  • 1 Sam 23:2 : 2 Therefore David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Shall I go{H3212} and smite{H5221} these Philistines?{H6430} And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Go,{H3212} and smite{H5221} the Philistines,{H6430} and save{H3467} Keilah.{H7084}
  • 1 Sam 23:4 : 4 Then David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah{H3068} yet again.{H3254} And Jehovah{H3068} answered{H6030} him, and said,{H6030} Arise,{H6965} go down{H3381} to Keilah;{H7084} for I will deliver{H5414} the Philistines{H6430} into thy hand.{H3027}
  • 1 Sam 23:11 : 11 Will the men{H1167} of Keilah{H7084} deliver me up{H5462} into his hand?{H3027} will Saul{H7586} come down,{H3381} as thy servant{H5650} hath heard?{H8085} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} I beseech thee, tell{H5046} thy servant.{H5650} And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} He will come down.{H3381}
  • 2 Sam 5:19 : 19 And David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Shall I go up{H5927} against the Philistines?{H6430} wilt thou deliver{H5414} them into my hand?{H3027} And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Go up;{H5927} for I will certainly{H5414} deliver{H5414} the Philistines{H6430} into thy hand.{H3027}
  • 2 Sam 5:23 : 23 And when David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} he said,{H559} Thou shalt not go up:{H5927} make a circuit{H5437} behind{H310} them, and come{H935} upon them over against{H4136} the mulberry-trees.{H1057}
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} who was of the sojourners{H8453} of Gilead,{H1568} said{H559} unto Ahab,{H256} As Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} before{H6440} whom I stand,{H5975} there shall not be dew{H2919} nor rain{H4306} these years,{H8141} but according{H6310} to my word.{H1697}
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 And Elijah{H452} went{H3212} to show{H7200} himself unto Ahab.{H256} And the famine{H7458} was sore{H2389} in Samaria.{H8111}
  • 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 And there was a great{H1419} famine{H7458} in Samaria:{H8111} and, behold, they besieged{H6696} it, until an ass's{H2543} head{H7218} was sold for fourscore{H8084} [pieces] of silver,{H3701} and the fourth part{H7255} of a kab{H6894} of dove's dung{H3123} for five{H2568} [ pieces] of silver.{H3701}
  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Now Elisha{H477} had spoken{H1696} unto the woman,{H802} whose son{H1121} he had restored to life,{H2421} saying,{H559} Arise,{H6965} and go{H3212} thou and thy household,{H1004} and sojourn{H1481} wheresoever{H834} thou canst sojourn:{H1481} for Jehovah{H3068} hath called{H7121} for a famine;{H7458} and it shall also come{H935} upon the land{H776} seven{H7651} years.{H8141}
  • Job 5:8-9 : 8 But as for me, I would seek{H199} unto God,{H410} And unto God{H430} would I commit{H7760} my cause;{H1700} 9 Who doeth{H6213} great things{H1419} and unsearchable,{H369} Marvellous things{H6381} without number:{H4557} 10 Who giveth{H5414} rain{H4306} upon{H6440} the earth,{H776} And sendeth{H7971} waters{H4325} upon{H6440} the fields;{H2351}
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say{H559} unto God,{H433} Do not condemn{H7561} me; Show{H3045} me wherefore thou contendest{H7378} with me.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H7121} upon me in the day{H3117} of trouble;{H6869} I will deliver{H2502} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H3513} me.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call{H7121} upon me, and I will answer{H6030} him; I will be with him in trouble:{H6869} I will deliver{H2502} him, and honor{H3513} him.
  • Jer 14:1-9 : 1 The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} that came to Jeremiah{H3414} concerning{H1697} the drought.{H1226} 2 Judah{H3063} mourneth,{H56} and the gates{H8179} thereof languish,{H535} they sit in black{H6937} upon the ground;{H776} and the cry{H6682} of Jerusalem{H3389} is gone up.{H5927} 3 And their nobles{H117} send{H7971} their little ones{H6810} to the waters:{H4325} they come{H935} to the cisterns,{H1356} and find{H4672} no water;{H4325} they return{H7725} with their vessels{H3627} empty;{H7387} they are put to shame{H3637} and confounded,{H954} and cover{H2645} their heads.{H7218} 4 Because of the ground{H127} which is cracked,{H2865} for that no rain{H1653} hath been in the land,{H776} the plowmen{H406} are put to shame,{H954} they cover{H2645} their heads.{H7218} 5 Yea, the hind{H365} also in the field{H7704} calveth,{H3205} and forsaketh{H5800} [her young], because there is no grass.{H1877} 6 And the wild asses{H6501} stand{H5975} on the bare heights,{H8205} they pant{H7602} for air{H7307} like jackals;{H8577} their eyes{H5869} fail,{H3615} because there is no herbage.{H6212} 7 Though our iniquities{H5771} testify{H6030} against us, work{H6213} thou for thy name's{H8034} sake, O Jehovah;{H3068} for our backslidings{H4878} are many;{H7231} we have sinned{H2398} against thee. 8 O thou hope{H4723} of Israel,{H3478} the Saviour{H3467} thereof in the time{H6256} of trouble,{H6869} why shouldest thou be as a sojourner{H1616} in the land,{H776} and as a wayfaring man{H732} that turneth aside{H5186} to tarry for a night?{H3885} 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man{H376} affrighted,{H1724} as a mighty man{H1368} that cannot{H3201} save?{H3467} yet thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} art in the midst{H7130} of us, and we are called{H7121} by thy name;{H8034} leave{H3240} us not. 10 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto this people,{H5971} Even so have they loved{H157} to wander;{H5128} they have not refrained{H2820} their feet:{H7272} therefore Jehovah{H3068} doth not accept{H7521} them; now will he remember{H2142} their iniquity,{H5771} and visit{H6485} their sins.{H2403} 11 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Pray{H6419} not for this people{H5971} for [their] good.{H2896} 12 When they fast,{H6684} I will not hear{H8085} their cry;{H7440} and when they offer{H5927} burnt-offering{H5930} and meal-offering,{H5930} I will not accept{H7521} them; but I will consume{H3615} them by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence.{H1698} 13 Then said{H559} I, Ah,{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} behold, the prophets{H5030} say{H559} unto them, Ye shall not see{H7200} the sword,{H2719} neither shall ye have famine;{H7458} but I will give{H5414} you assured{H571} peace{H7965} in this place.{H4725} 14 Then Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, The prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} lies{H8267} in my name;{H8034} I sent{H7971} them not, neither have I commanded{H6680} them, neither spake{H1696} I unto them: they prophesy{H5012} unto you a lying{H8267} vision,{H2377} and divination,{H7081} and a thing of nought,{H457} and the deceit{H8649} of their own heart.{H3820} 15 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the prophets{H5030} that prophesy{H5012} in my name,{H8034} and I sent{H7971} them not, yet they say,{H559} Sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall not be in this land:{H776} By sword{H2719} and famine{H7458} shall those prophets{H5030} be consumed.{H8552} 16 And the people{H5971} to whom they prophesy{H5012} shall be cast out{H7993} in the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389} because{H6440} of the famine{H7458} and the sword;{H2719} and they shall have none to bury{H6912} them—them,{H1992} their wives,{H802} nor their sons,{H1121} nor their daughters:{H1323} for I will pour{H8210} their wickedness{H7451} upon them. 17 And thou shalt say{H559} this word{H1697} unto them, Let mine eyes{H5869} run down{H3381} with tears{H1832} night{H3915} and day,{H3119} and let them not cease;{H1820} for the virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is broken{H7665} with a great{H1419} breach,{H7667} with a very{H3966} grievous{H2470} wound.{H4347} 18 If I go forth{H3318} into the field,{H7704} then, behold, the slain{H2491} with the sword!{H2719} and if I enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then, behold, they that are sick{H8463} with famine!{H7458} for both the prophet{H5030} and the priest{H3548} go about{H5503} in the land,{H776} and have no knowledge.{H3045}