2Sa 21:1 Cross References
2 Samuel 21:1
1: There was a famine during David's reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, "The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites."
Joshua 7:11
- Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen the things that I commanded to be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them; they have also lied about it and hidden the things among their belongings.
- That is why the Israelites are running from their enemies in defeat. For now Israel has been set apart for destruction. I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction.
Leviticus 26:19
- I will break down your arrogant spirit by making the skies above as unyielding as iron and the earth beneath as hard as bronze.
- All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
Leviticus 26:26
- I will completely destroy your food supply, so the bread from one oven will have to be stretched to feed ten families. They will ration your food by weight, and even if you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.
Genesis 41:57
- And people from surrounding lands also came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
- When Jacob heard that there was grain available in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you standing around looking at one another?
Joshua 7:1
- But Israel was unfaithful concerning the things set apart for the LORD. A man named Achan had stolen some of these things, so the LORD was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, of the family of Zimri, of the clan of Zerah, and of the tribe of Judah.
Genesis 12:10
- At that time there was a severe famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to wait it out.
Genesis 26:1
- Now a severe famine struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
Genesis 43:1
- But there was no relief from the terrible famine throughout the land.
Numbers 27:21
- When direction from the LORD is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will determine the LORD's will by means of sacred lots. This is how Joshua and the rest of the community of Israel will discover what they should do."
2 Samuel 5:19
- So David asked the LORD, "Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD replied, "Yes, go ahead. I will certainly give you the victory."
2 Kings 6:25
- As a result there was a great famine in the city. After a while even a donkey's head sold for two pounds of silver, and a cup of dove's dung cost about two ounces of silver.
Job 10:2
- I will say to God, `Don't simply condemn me--tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
Jeremiah 14:1
- This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
- "Judah wilts; her businesses have ground to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
- The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
- The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are afraid; they, too, cover their heads.
- The deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
Job 5:8
- "My advice to you is this: Go to God and present your case to him.
- For he does great works too marvelous to understand. He performs miracles without number.
- He gives rain for the earth. He sends water for the fields.
Psalms 91:15
- When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue them and honor them.
2 Samuel 5:23
- And once again David asked the LORD what to do. "Do not attack them straight on," the LORD replied. "Instead, circle around behind them and attack them near the balsam trees.
Psalms 50:15
- Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."
2 Kings 8:1
- Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "Take your family and move to some other place, for the LORD has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years."
1 Kings 18:2
- So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.
1 Samuel 23:4
- So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, "Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines."
1 Samuel 22:17
- And he ordered his bodyguards, "Kill these priests of the LORD, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from me, but they didn't tell me!" But Saul's men refused to kill the LORD's priests.
- Then the king said to Doeg, "You do it." So Doeg turned on them and killed them, eighty-five priests in all, all still wearing their priestly tunics.
- Then he went to Nob, the city of the priests, and killed the priests' families--men and women, children and babies, and all the cattle, donkeys, and sheep.
1 Samuel 23:11
- Will the men of Keilah surrender me to him? And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell me." And the LORD said, "He will come."
1 Kings 17:1
- Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, "As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives--the God whom I worship and serve--there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I give the word!"
1 Samuel 23:2
- David asked the LORD, "Should I go and attack them?Yes, go and save Keilah," the LORD told him.