Verse 1

Then spake{H1696}{(H8765)} Elisha{H477} unto the woman{H802}, whose son{H1121} he had restored to life{H2421}{(H8689)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, and go{H3212}{(H8798)} thou and thine household{H1004}, and sojourn{H1481}{(H8798)} wheresoever{H834} thou canst sojourn{H1481}{(H8799)}: for the LORD{H3068} hath called{H7121}{(H8804)} for a famine{H7458}; and it shall also come{H935}{(H8804)} upon the land{H776} seven{H7651} years{H8141}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 4:31-35 : 31 And Gehazi{H1522} passed on{H5674}{(H8804)} before{H6440} them, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} the staff{H4938} upon the face{H6440} of the child{H5288}; but there was neither voice{H6963}, nor hearing{H7182}. Wherefore he went again{H7725}{(H8799)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} him, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The child{H5288} is not awaked{H6974}{(H8689)}. 32 And when Elisha{H477} was come{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004}, behold, the child{H5288} was dead{H4191}{(H8801)}, and laid{H7901}{(H8716)} upon his bed{H4296}. 33 He went in{H935}{(H8799)} therefore, and shut{H5462}{(H8799)} the door{H1817} upon them twain{H8147}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} unto the LORD{H3068}. 34 And he went up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and lay{H7901}{(H8799)} upon the child{H3206}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} his mouth{H6310} upon his mouth{H6310}, and his eyes{H5869} upon his eyes{H5869}, and his hands{H3709} upon his hands{H3709}: and he stretched{H1457}{(H8799)} himself upon the child; and the flesh{H1320} of the child{H3206} waxed warm{H2552}{(H8799)}. 35 Then he returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the house{H1004} to{H259}{H2008} and fro{H259}{H2008}; and went up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and stretched{H1457}{(H8799)} himself upon him: and the child{H5288} sneezed{H2237}{(H8779)} seven{H7651} times{H6471}, and the child{H5288} opened{H6491}{(H8799)} his eyes{H5869}.
  • Ps 105:16 : 16 Moreover he called{H7121}{(H8799)} for a famine{H7458} upon the land{H776}: he brake{H7665}{(H8804)} the whole staff{H4294} of bread{H3899}.
  • Hag 1:11 : 11 And I called{H7121}{(H8799)} for a drought{H2721} upon the land{H776}, and upon the mountains{H2022}, and upon the corn{H1715}, and upon the new wine{H8492}, and upon the oil{H3323}, and upon that which the ground{H127} bringeth forth{H3318}{(H8686)}, and upon men{H120}, and upon cattle{H929}, and upon all the labour{H3018} of the hands{H3709}.
  • 2 Kgs 4:18 : 18 And when the child{H3206} was grown{H1431}{(H8799)}, it fell on a day{H3117}, that he went out{H3318}{(H8799)} to his father{H1} to the reapers{H7114}{(H8802)}.
  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}: and Abram{H87} went down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} there; for the famine{H7458} was grievous{H3515} in the land{H776}.
  • Lev 26:26 : 26 And when I have broken{H7665}{(H8800)} the staff{H4294} of your bread{H3899}, ten{H6235} women{H802} shall bake{H644}{(H8804)} your bread{H3899} in one{H259} oven{H8574}, and they shall deliver{H7725} you your bread{H3899} again{H7725}{(H8689)} by weight{H4948}: and ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)}, and not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}.
  • Gen 41:27-28 : 27 And the seven{H7651} thin{H7534} and ill favoured{H7451} kine{H6510} that came up{H5927}{(H8802)} after them{H310} are seven{H7651} years{H8141}; and the seven{H7651} empty{H7386} ears{H7641} blasted{H7710}{(H8803)} with the east wind{H6921} shall be seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458}. 28 This is the thing{H1697} which I have spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}: What God{H430} is about to do{H6213}{(H8802)} he sheweth{H7200}{(H8689)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days{H3117} when the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} ruled{H8199}{(H8800)}, that there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}. And a certain man{H376} of Bethlehemjudah{H1035}{H3063} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} in the country{H7704} of Moab{H4124}, he, and his wife{H802}, and his two{H8147} sons{H1121}.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah{H452} the Tishbite{H8664}, who was of the inhabitants{H8453} of Gilead{H1568}, said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Ahab{H256}, As the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478} liveth{H2416}, before{H6440} whom I stand{H5975}{(H8804)}, 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}{(H8799)} to shew{H7200}{(H8736)} himself unto Ahab{H256}. And there was a sore{H2389} famine{H7458} in Samaria{H8111}.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But{G1161} I tell{G3004}{(G5719)} you{G5213} of{G1909} a truth{G225}, many{G4183} widows{G5503} were{G2258}{(G5713)} in{G1722} Israel{G2474} in{G1722} the days{G2250} of Elias{G2243}, when{G3753} the heaven{G3772} was shut up{G2808}{(G5681)}{G1909} three{G5140} years{G2094} and{G2532} six{G1803} months{G3376}, when{G5613} great{G3173} famine{G3042} was{G1096}{(G5633)} throughout{G1909} all{G3956} the land{G1093};
  • Luke 21:11 : 11 And{G5037} great{G3173} earthquakes{G4578} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} in{G2596} divers places{G5117}, and{G2532} famines{G3042}, and{G2532} pestilences{G3061}; and{G5037} fearful sights{G5400} and{G2532} great{G3173} signs{G4592} shall there be{G2071}{(G5704)} from{G575} heaven{G3772}.
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 For{G3754} these{G3778} be{G1526}{(G5748)} the days{G2250} of vengeance{G1557}, that all things{G3956} which{G3588} are written{G1125}{(G5772)} may be fulfilled{G4137}{(G5683)}.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And{G1161} there stood up{G450}{(G5631)} one{G1520} of{G1537} them{G846} named{G3686} Agabus{G13}, and signified{G4591}{(G5656)} by{G1223} the Spirit{G4151} that there should be{G3195}{(G5721)}{G1510}{(G5705)} great{G3173} dearth{G3042} throughout{G1909} all{G3650} the world{G3625}: which{G3748}{G2532} came to pass{G1096}{(G5633)} in the days of{G1909} Claudius{G2804} Caesar{G2541}.
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 Then 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} enquired{H1245}{(H8762)} of{H6440} the LORD{H3068}. And the LORD{H3068} answered{H559}{(H8799)}, It is for Saul{H7586}, and for his bloody{H1818} house{H1004}, because he slew{H4191}{(H8689)} the Gibeonites{H1393}.
  • 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad{H1410} came{H935}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Shall seven{H7651} years{H8141} of famine{H7458} come{H935}{(H8799)} unto thee in thy land{H776}? or wilt thou flee{H5127}{(H8800)} three{H7969} months{H2320} before{H6440} thine enemies{H6862}, while they pursue{H7291}{(H8802)} thee? or that there be three{H7969} days{H3117}' pestilence{H1698} in thy land{H776}? now advise{H3045}{(H8798)}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} what answer{H1697} I shall return{H7725}{(H8686)} to him that sent{H7971}{(H8802)} me.
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful{H6529} land{H776} into barrenness{H4420}, for the wickedness{H7451} of them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For, lo, I begin{H2490}{(H8688)} to bring evil{H7489}{(H8687)} on the city{H5892} which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by my name{H8034}, and should ye be utterly{H5352}{(H8736)} unpunished{H5352}{(H8735)}? Ye shall not be unpunished{H5352}{(H8736)}: for I will call{H7121}{(H8802)} for a sword{H2719} upon all the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Gen 41:32 : 32 And for that the dream{H2472} was doubled{H8138}{(H8736)} unto Pharaoh{H6547} twice{H6471}; it is because the thing{H1697} is established{H3559}{(H8737)} by{H5973} God{H430}, and God{H430} will shortly{H4116}{(H8764)} bring it to pass{H6213}{(H8800)}.
  • Gen 47:4 : 4 They said{H559}{(H8799)} moreover unto Pharaoh{H6547}, For to sojourn{H1481}{(H8800)} in the land{H776} are we come{H935}{(H8804)}; for thy servants{H5650} have no pasture{H4829} for their flocks{H6629}; for the famine{H7458} is sore{H3515} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants{H5650} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657}.
  • Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And I will break{H7665}{(H8804)} the pride{H1347} of your power{H5797}; and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} your heaven{H8064} as iron{H1270}, and your earth{H776} as brass{H5154}: 20 And your strength{H3581} shall be spent{H8552}{(H8804)} in vain{H7385}: for your land{H776} shall not yield{H5414}{(H8799)} her increase{H2981}, neither shall the trees{H6086} of the land{H776} yield{H5414}{(H8799)} their fruits{H6529}.
  • Deut 28:22-24 : 22 The LORD{H3068} shall smite{H5221}{(H8686)} thee with a consumption{H7829}, and with a fever{H6920}, and with an inflammation{H1816}, and with an extreme burning{H2746}, and with the sword{H2719}, and with blasting{H7711}, and with mildew{H3420}; and they shall pursue{H7291}{(H8804)} thee until thou perish{H6}{(H8800)}. 23 And thy heaven{H8064} that is over thy head{H7218} shall be brass{H5178}, and the earth{H776} that is under thee shall be iron{H1270}. 24 The LORD{H3068} shall make{H5414}{(H8799)} the rain{H4306} of thy land{H776} powder{H80} and dust{H6083}: from heaven{H8064} shall it come down{H3381}{(H8799)} upon thee, until thou be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)}.
  • Deut 28:38-40 : 38 Thou shalt carry{H3318} much{H7227} seed{H2233} out{H3318}{(H8686)} into the field{H7704}, and shalt gather{H622} but little{H4592} in{H622}{(H8799)}; for the locust{H697} shall consume{H2628}{(H8799)} it. 39 Thou shalt plant{H5193}{(H8799)} vineyards{H3754}, and dress{H5647}{(H8804)} them, but shalt neither drink{H8354}{(H8799)} of the wine{H3196}, nor gather{H103}{(H8799)} the grapes; for the worms{H8438} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees{H2132} throughout all thy coasts{H1366}, but thou shalt not anoint{H5480}{(H8799)} thyself with the oil{H8081}; for thine olive{H2132} shall cast{H5394}{(H8799)} his fruit.
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}, beside{H905} the first{H7223} famine{H7458} that was in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85}. And Isaac{H3327} went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines{H6430} unto Gerar{H1642}.
  • Gen 41:25 : 25 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Pharaoh{H6547}, The dream{H2472} of Pharaoh{H6547} is one{H259}: God{H430} hath shewed{H5046}{(H8689)} Pharaoh{H6547} what he is about to do{H6213}{(H8802)}.