Cross references

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain.

“Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

2 Kings 4:42 BSB

2 Kings 4:42 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 9:7 (7 votes) and Matthew 14:16–21 (4 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Exodus 22 to Galatians 6.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 4:42 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

  2. “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.” “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. …

  3. John 6:94 votes

    “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

  4. John 6:134 votes

    So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

  5. So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

  6. Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

  7. Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.” The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?” …

  8. You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

  9. a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

  10. To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

  11. When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Which verses point to 2 Kings 4:42?

The 10 strongest of 20.