Verse 1

And it came to pass in the days{H3117} when the judges{H8199} judged,{H8199} that there was a famine{H7458} in the land.{H776} And a certain man{H376} of Beth-lehem-judah{H1035} went{H3212} to sojourn{H1481} in the country{H7704} of Moab,{H4124} he, and his wife,{H802} and his two{H8147} sons.{H1121}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:10 : 10 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land:{H776} and Abram{H87} went down{H3381} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481} there; for the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land.{H776}
  • Gen 26:1 : 1 And there was a famine{H7458} in the land,{H776} besides{H905} the first{H7223} famine{H7458} that was in the days{H3117} of Abraham.{H85} And Isaac{H3327} went{H3212} unto Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines,{H6430} unto Gerar.{H1642}
  • Gen 43:1 : 1 And the famine{H7458} was sore{H3515} in the land.{H776}
  • Judg 17:8 : 8 And the man{H376} departed{H3212} out of the city,{H5892} out of Beth-lehem-judah,{H1035} to sojourn{H1481} where he could find{H4672} [a place], and he came{H935} to the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} to the house{H1004} of Micah,{H4318} as he journeyed.{H6213}
  • Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} when a land{H776} sinneth{H2398} against me by committing{H4604} a trespass,{H4603} and I stretch out{H5186} my hand{H3027} upon it, and break{H7665} the staff{H4294} of the bread{H3899} thereof, and send{H7971} famine{H7458} upon it, and cut off{H3772} from it man{H120} and beast;{H929}
  • Ps 105:16 : 16 And he called{H7121} for a famine{H7458} upon the land;{H776} He brake{H7665} the whole staff{H4294} of bread.{H3899}
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful{H6529} land{H776} into a salt{H4420} desert, For the wickedness{H7451} of them that dwell{H3427} therein.
  • Jer 14:1 : 1 The word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} that came to Jeremiah{H3414} concerning{H1697} the drought.{H1226}
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} How much more when I send{H7971} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem,{H3389} the sword,{H2719} and the famine,{H7458} and the evil{H7451} beasts,{H2416} and the pestilence,{H1698} to cut off{H3772} from it man{H120} and beast!{H929}
  • Joel 1:10-11 : 10 The field{H7704} is laid waste,{H7703} the land{H127} mourneth;{H56} for the grain{H1715} is destroyed,{H7703} the new wine{H8492} is dried up,{H3001} the oil{H3323} languisheth.{H535} 11 Be confounded,{H3001} O ye husbandmen,{H406} wail,{H3213} O ye vinedressers,{H3755} for the wheat{H2406} and for the barley;{H8184} for the harvest{H7105} of the field{H7704} is perished.{H6}
  • Joel 1:16-20 : 16 Is not the food{H400} cut off{H3772} before our eyes,{H5869} [yea], joy{H8057} and gladness{H1524} from the house{H1004} of our God?{H430} 17 The seeds{H6507} rot{H5685} under their clods;{H4053} the garners{H214} are laid desolate,{H8074} the barns{H4460} are broken down;{H2040} for the grain{H1715} is withered.{H3001} 18 How do the beasts{H929} groan!{H584} the herds{H5739} of cattle{H1241} are perplexed,{H943} because they have no pasture;{H4829} yea, the flocks{H5739} of sheep{H6629} are made desolate.{H816} 19 O Jehovah,{H3068} to thee do I cry;{H7121} for the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness,{H4057} and the flame{H3852} hath burned{H3857} all the trees{H6086} of the field.{H7704} 20 Yea, the beasts{H929} of the field{H7704} pant{H6165} unto thee; for the water{H4325} brooks{H650} are dried up,{H3001} and the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness.{H4057}
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 And I also have given{H5414} you cleanness{H5356} of teeth{H8127} in all your cities,{H5892} and want{H2640} of bread{H3899} in all your places;{H4725} yet have ye not returned{H7725} unto me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Judg 19:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass in those days,{H3117} when there was no king{H4428} in Israel,{H3478} that there was a certain{H376} Levite{H3881} sojourning{H1481} on the farther side{H3411} of the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim,{H669} who took{H3947} to him a concubine{H802} out of Beth-lehem-judah.{H1035} 2 And his concubine{H6370} played the harlot{H2181} against him, and went away{H3212} from him unto her father's{H1} house{H1004} to Beth-lehem-judah,{H1035} and was there the space of four{H702} months.{H2320}
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 And there was a famine{H7458} in the days{H3117} of David{H1732} three{H7969} years,{H8141} year{H8141} after{H310} year;{H8141} and David{H1732} sought{H1245} the face of{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} It is for Saul,{H7586} and for his bloody{H1818} house,{H1004} because he put to death{H4191} the Gibeonites.{H1393}
  • 1 Kgs 17:1-9 : 1 And Elijah{H452} the Tishbite,{H8664} who was of the sojourners{H8453} of Gilead,{H1568} said{H559} unto Ahab,{H256} As Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} before{H6440} whom I stand,{H5975} there shall not be dew{H2919} nor rain{H4306} these years,{H8141} but according{H6310} to my word.{H1697} 2 And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto him, saying,{H559} 3 Get{H3212} thee hence, and turn{H6437} thee eastward,{H6924} and hide{H5641} thyself by the brook{H5158} Cherith,{H3747} that is before{H6440} the Jordan.{H3383} 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink{H8354} of the brook;{H5158} and I have commanded{H6680} the ravens{H6158} to feed{H3557} thee there. 5 So he went{H3212} and did{H6213} according unto the word{H1697} of Jehovah;{H3068} for he went{H3212} and dwelt{H3427} by the brook{H5158} Cherith,{H3747} that is before{H6440} the Jordan.{H3383} 6 And the ravens{H6158} brought{H935} him bread{H3899} and flesh{H1320} in the morning,{H1242} and bread{H3899} and flesh{H1320} in the evening;{H6153} and he drank{H8354} of the brook.{H5158} 7 And it came to pass after{H7093} a while,{H3117} that the brook{H5158} dried up,{H3001} because there was no rain{H1653} in the land.{H776} 8 And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto him, saying,{H559} 9 Arise,{H6965} get{H3212} thee to Zarephath,{H6886} which belongeth to Sidon,{H6721} and dwell{H3427} there: behold, I have commanded{H6680} a widow{H490} {H802} there to sustain{H3557} thee. 10 So he arose{H6965} and went{H3212} to Zarephath;{H6886} and when he came{H935} to the gate{H6607} of the city,{H5892} behold, a widow{H490} {H802} was there gathering{H7197} sticks:{H6086} and he called{H7121} to her, and said,{H559} Fetch{H3947} me, I pray thee, a little{H4592} water{H4325} in a vessel,{H3627} that I may drink.{H8354} 11 And as she was going{H3212} to fetch{H3947} it, he called{H7121} to her, and said,{H559} Bring{H3947} me, I pray thee, a morsel{H6595} of bread{H3899} in thy hand.{H3027} 12 And she said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} liveth,{H2416} I have{H3426} not a cake,{H4580} but a handful{H4393} of meal{H7058} in the jar,{H3537} and a little{H4592} oil{H8081} in the cruse:{H6835} and, behold, I am gathering{H7197} two{H8147} sticks,{H6086} that I may go in{H935} and dress{H6213} it for me and my son,{H1121} that we may eat{H398} it, and die.{H4191}
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 And Elijah{H452} went{H3212} to show{H7200} himself unto Ahab.{H256} And the famine{H7458} was sore{H2389} in Samaria.{H8111}
  • 2 Kgs 8:1-2 : 1 Now Elisha{H477} had spoken{H1696} unto the woman,{H802} whose son{H1121} he had restored to life,{H2421} saying,{H559} Arise,{H6965} and go{H3212} thou and thy household,{H1004} and sojourn{H1481} wheresoever{H834} thou canst sojourn:{H1481} for Jehovah{H3068} hath called{H7121} for a famine;{H7458} and it shall also come{H935} upon the land{H776} seven{H7651} years.{H8141} 2 And the woman{H802} arose,{H6965} and did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of the man{H376} of God;{H430} and she went{H3212} with her household,{H1004} and sojourned{H1481} in the land{H776} of the Philistines{H6430} seven{H7651} years.{H8141}
  • Lev 26:19 : 19 And I will break{H7665} the pride{H1347} of your power:{H5797} and I will make{H5414} your heaven{H8064} as iron,{H1270} and your earth{H776} as brass;{H5154}
  • Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And thy heaven{H8064} that is over thy head{H7218} shall be brass,{H5178} and the earth{H776} that is under thee shall be iron.{H1270} 24 Jehovah{H3068} will make{H5414} the rain{H4306} of thy land{H776} powder{H80} and dust:{H6083} from heaven{H8064} shall it come down{H3381} upon thee, until thou be destroyed.{H8045}
  • Deut 28:38 : 38 Thou shalt carry{H3318} much{H7227} seed{H2233} out{H3318} into the field,{H7704} and shalt gather{H622} little{H4592} in;{H622} for the locust{H697} shall consume{H2628} it.
  • Judg 2:16-18 : 16 And Jehovah{H3068} raised up{H6965} judges,{H8199} who saved{H3467} them out of the hand{H3027} of those that despoiled{H8154} them. 17 And yet they hearkened{H8085} not unto their judges;{H8199} for they played the harlot{H2181} after{H310} other{H312} gods,{H430} and bowed{H7812} themselves down unto them: they turned{H5493} aside quickly{H4118} out of the way{H1870} wherein their fathers{H1} walked,{H1980} obeying{H8085} the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah;{H3068} [but] they did{H6213} not so. 18 And when Jehovah{H3068} raised{H6965} them up judges,{H8199} then Jehovah{H3068} was with the judge,{H8199} and saved{H3467} them out of the hand{H3027} of their enemies{H341} all the days{H3117} of the judge:{H8199} for it repented{H5162} Jehovah{H3068} because{H6440} of their groaning{H5009} by reason of them that oppressed{H3905} them and vexed{H1766} them.
  • Judg 12:8 : 8 And after{H310} him Ibzan{H78} of Beth-lehem{H1035} judged{H8199} Israel.{H3478}