2 Kings 8:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:31-35 : 31 And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake. 32 And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed. 33 So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord. 34 Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm. 35 Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.
  • Ps 105:16 : 16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.
  • Hag 1:11 : 11 And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.
  • 2 Kgs 4:18 : 18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.
  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
  • Lev 26:26 : 26 When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.
  • Gen 41:27-28 : 27 The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food. 28 As I said to Pharaoh before, God has made clear to him what he is about to do.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
  • Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
  • 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.
  • Gen 41:32 : 32 And this dream came to Pharaoh twice, because this thing is certain, and God will quickly make it come about.
  • Gen 47:4 : 4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.
  • Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass; 20 And your strength will be used up without profit; for your land will not give her increase and the trees of the field will not give their fruit.
  • Deut 28:22-24 : 22 The Lord will send wasting disease, and burning pain, and flaming heat against you, keeping back the rain till your land is waste and dead; so will it be till your destruction is complete. 23 And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron. 24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.
  • Deut 28:38-40 : 38 You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it. 39 You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms. 40 Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
  • Gen 41:25 : 25 Then Joseph said, These two dreams have the same sense: God has made clear to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 8:2-6
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    2 So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

    3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

    4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

    5 And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

    6 And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

  • 1 Kgs 17:8-20
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    8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

    9 Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

    10 So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

    11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

    12 Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.

    13 And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

    14 For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

    15 So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

    16 The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.

    17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

    18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

    19 And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

    20 And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

  • 2 Kgs 4:6-8
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    6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.

    7 So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

    8 Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-3
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    1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

    2 Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.

    3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
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    1 Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

    2 So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
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    12 Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

  • 2 Kgs 4:30
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    30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

  • 2 Kgs 4:36-38
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    36 And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.

    37 And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

    38 And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

  • 2 Kgs 4:16-18
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    16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

    17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.

    18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2
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    1 Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

    2 Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
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    28 And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

  • Luke 4:25
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    25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
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    23 And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

  • Ruth 1:6
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    6 So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
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    2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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    11 And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

  • 2 Kgs 4:14
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    14 So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14 Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

  • 2 Kgs 6:2
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    2 So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

  • 2 Kgs 4:22
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    22 And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

  • 2 Kgs 4:27
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    27 And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
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    10 And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:21
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    21 And crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said, The Lord says, Because you have gone against the voice of the Lord, and have not done as you were ordered by the Lord,