2 Kings 8:1

Translations

Modern

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

Traditional

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

Literal

And Elisha spoke to the woman, whom he had revived her son, saying, “Arise and go, you and your house, and sojourn to where you will sojourn. For YHWH has called for a famine, and also it will come upon the land seven years.”

Latin

Eliseus autem locutus est ad mulierem cujus vivere fecerat filium, dicens: Surge, vade tu et domus tua, et peregrinare ubicumque repereris: vocavit enim Dominus famem, et veniet super terram septem annis.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

Notes

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha Famine

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

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Haggai 1:11
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
2 Kings 4:31–35
Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
Ruth 1:1
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
2 Kings 4:18
And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
Genesis 12:10
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 41:27–28
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
Luke 4:25
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
Leviticus 26:26
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, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Genesis 41:25
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

People

Elisha: A prophet who succeeded Elijah

Glossary

Elisha Gehazi Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Elisha: Causes the King to Restore the Property of the Hospitable Shunammite Woman Elisha: Prophecies of Seven Years of Famine in the Land of Canaan Famine: Instances of, in Scripture of Seven Years Foretold by Elisha Famine: Often Long Continued Famine: Sent As a Judgment Judge: Kings and Other Rulers As Judgments: Preservation During - Exemplified: Shunammite Kindness: Elisha to the Woman Whose Son he Restored to Life King: Acts As Judge Land: Rights In, Alienated Property in Real Estate by Absence Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Seven: Years: A Famine Lasted in Canaan For

2 Kings 8:1

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