Bible Cross References
the judges
Judges 2:16
Then the LORD gave the Israelites leaders who saved them from the raiders.
Judges 12:8
After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.
a famine
Genesis 12:10
But there was a famine in Canaan, and it was so bad that Abram went farther south to Egypt, to live there for a while.
Genesis 26:1
There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
Genesis 43:1
The famine in Canaan got worse,
Leviticus 26:19
I will break your stubborn pride; there will be no rain, and your land will be dry and as hard as iron.
Deuteronomy 28:23
No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24
Instead of rain, the LORD will send down duststorms and sandstorms until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:38
"You will plant plenty of seed, but reap only a small harvest, because the locusts will eat your crops.
2 Samuel 21:1
During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the LORD about it, and the LORD said, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death."
1 Kings 17:1-12
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.
11
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."
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,
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.
Psalm 105:16
The LORD sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
Psalm 107:34
He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
Jeremiah 14:1
The LORD said to me concerning the drought,
Ezekiel 14:13
"Mortal man," he said, "if a country sins and is unfaithful to me, I will reach out and destroy its supply of food. I will send a famine and kill people and animals alike.
Ezekiel 14:21
This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: "I will send my four worst punishments on Jerusalem---war, famine, wild animals, and disease---to destroy people and animals alike.
Joel 1:10
The fields are bare; the ground mourns because the grain is destroyed, the grapes are dried up, and the olive trees are withered.
Joel 1:11
Grieve, you farmers; cry, you that take care of the vineyards, because the wheat, the barley, yes all the crops are destroyed.
Joel 1:16-20
16
We look on helpless as our crops are destroyed. There is no joy in the Temple of our God.
17
The seeds die in the dry earth. There is no grain to be stored, and so the empty granaries are in ruins.
18
The cattle are bellowing in distress because there is no pasture for them; the flocks of sheep also suffer.
19
I cry out to you, LORD, because the pastures and trees are dried up, as though a fire had burned them.
20
Even the wild animals cry out to you because the streams have become dry.
Amos 4:6
"I was the one who brought famine to all your cities, yet you did not come back to me.
Beth-lehem-judah
Judges 17:8
He left Bethlehem to find another place to live. While he was traveling, he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.
Judges 19:1
In those days before Israel had a king, there was a Levite living far back in the hill country of Ephraim. He took a young woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.
Judges 19:2
But she became angry with him, went back to her father's house in Bethlehem, and stayed there four months.