2 Samuel 21:1

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

Cross References (24)

  • Joshua 7:11–12 (6)

    Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devote

  • Genesis 12:10 (2)

    Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Genesis 26:1 (2)

    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to A

  • Jeremiah 14:1–18 (1)

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

  • Psalms 91:15 (1)

    When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

  • Psalms 50:15 (0)

    Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

  • 1 Samuel 23:2 (0)

    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack th

  • 1 Samuel 23:11 (0)

    Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of I

  • Job 5:8–10 (0)

    However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

  • 2 Kings 8:1 (0)

    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a for

  • 1 Kings 17:1 (0)

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel,

  • Job 10:2 (0)

    I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

  • Numbers 27:21 (0)

    He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At

  • 2 Samuel 5:23 (0)

    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in

  • Leviticus 26:19–20 (0)

    I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

  • 1 Samuel 23:4 (0)

    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philist

  • 2 Kings 6:25 (0)

    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shek

  • Leviticus 26:26 (0)

    When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight,

  • Joshua 7:1 (0)

    The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of

  • 1 Kings 18:2 (0)

    So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

  • 1 Samuel 22:17–19 (0)

    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David.

  • 2 Samuel 5:19 (0)

    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” re

  • Genesis 43:1 (-1)

    Now the famine was still severe in the land.

  • Genesis 41:57 (-1)

    And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.