Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land." Cross References Genesis 41:27 Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind--they are seven years of famine. Genesis 41:54 the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt. Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab. 2 Kings 4:18 And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters. 2 Kings 4:31 Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, "The boy has not awakened." 2 Kings 4:38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, "Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets." 2 Kings 7:20 And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died. 2 Kings 8:2 So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines. Psalm 105:16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. Haggai 1:11 I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands." Treasury of Scripture Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years. A. 2 Kings 4:18,31-35 sojourn Genesis 12:10 Genesis 26:1 Genesis 47:4 the Lord Genesis 41:25,28,32 Leviticus 26:19,20,26 Deuteronomy 28:22-24,38-40 called for a famine Jeremiah 25:29 seven years Genesis 41:27 2 Samuel 21:1 2 Samuel 24:13 |