Ruth 1:1 Part 1 of 2

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

 

In the days when the judges ruled

Judges 2:16-18  Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods, and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the LORD's commands. Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the LORD relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them. 

there was a famine in the land 

Genesis 12:10  Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 41:27  "The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are seven years of famine."

Genesis 41:57  And all the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.

Genesis 42:5  So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.

Genesis 43:1-2  Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father (Israel/Jacob) said to them, "Go back and buy us a little more food."

Genesis 47:4  They also said to him (Pharaoh), "We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen." 

Genesis 47:13  There was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

2 Samuel 21:1  During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." (Joshua 9:1-27; 10:1-2; 2 Samuel 21:2)

2 Kings 6:24-25  Some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege to Samaria. There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels (about 2 lbs or 920 grams) and a quarter of a cab (about 1/4 lb or 100 grams) of seed pods (or doves' dung) for five shekels (about 2 oz or 56 grams)

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