Bible Cross References
Agabus
Acts 21:10
We had been there for several days when a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea.
great
Genesis 41:30
After that, there will be seven years of famine, and all the good years will be forgotten, because the famine will ruin the country.
Genesis 41:31
The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible.
Genesis 41:38
and he said to them, "We will never find a better man than Joseph, a man who has God's spirit in him."
1 Kings 17:1-16
1
A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."
2
Then the LORD said to Elijah,
3
"Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan.
4
The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."
5
Elijah obeyed the LORD's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook.
6
He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
7
After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
8
Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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"Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you."
10
So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the town gate, he saw a widow gathering firewood. "Please bring me a drink of water," he said to her.
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And as she was going to get it, he called out, "And please bring me some bread, too."
12
She answered, "By the living LORD your God I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a bit of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death."
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"Don't worry," Elijah said to her. "Go on and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son.
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For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the LORD, send rain.' "
15
The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
16
As the LORD had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he had brought back to life, that the LORD was sending a famine on the land, which would last for seven years, and that she should leave with her family and go and live somewhere else.
2 Kings 8:2
She had followed his instructions and had gone with her family to live in Philistia for the seven years.
Claudius
Luke 2:1
At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire.
Luke 3:1
It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene,