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2 Kings 8:1

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whose son: 2 Kings 4:18, 2 Kings 4:31-35

sojourn: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 47:4; Ruth 1:1

the Lord: Genesis 41:25, Genesis 41:28, Genesis 41:32; Leviticus 26:19-20, Leviticus 26:26; Deuteronomy 28:22-24, Deuteronomy 28:38-40; 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:2; Psalms 105:16, Psalms 107:34; Haggai 1:11; Luke 21:11, Luke 21:22; Acts 11:28

called for a famine: Jeremiah 25:29

seven years: Genesis 41:27; 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Samuel 24:13; Luke 4:25

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