1 Kings 8:37

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

Cross-reference

Leviticus 26:16 lists wasting disease and fever—part of the covenant curses Solomon explicitly references in his prayer for deliverance.

Leviticus 26:25 adds sword and pestilence in besieged cities—directly matching the list of calamities Solomon prays about.

Deuteronomy 28:21 warns that pestilence will cling until destruction—the same curse Solomon hopes to avert through repentance.

Deuteronomy 28:22 lists the same covenant curses of blight and mildew — the source Solomon draws from in his prayer.

Deuteronomy 28:25 specifies defeat by enemies — the same 'enemy besieging' curse Solomon includes among calamities.

Deuteronomy 28:38-42 details locust and crop devastation — the exact 'locust' curse Solomon prays about.

2 Kings 6:25–29 Historical context

2 Kings 6:25-29 fulfills this prayer scenario — a siege causing cannibalism, exactly as Deuteronomy warned.

Joel 2:25 Allusion

Joel 2:25 promises restoration after locust devastation — the divine response Solomon sought when such calamities came.

2 Chronicles 6:28-31 is the parallel account of this same prayer — identical list and temple dedication.

Joel 1:4-7 vividly describes a locust plague destroying crops — directly echoing the locust and caterpillar calamity Solomon mentions.

2 Chronicles 20:9 directly echoes this prayer — Jehoshaphat uses the same list of calamities when crying out at the temple.

Ezekiel 14:21 lists four severe judgments (sword, famine, beasts, pestilence) — a parallel list of divine calamities to those in Solomon's prayer.

2 Chronicles 12:6 shows Israel's leaders humbling themselves after Shishak's invasion — a direct example of repentance following an enemy siege as in Solomon's prayer.

Ezekiel 14:19 Related theme

Ezekiel 14:19 mentions pestilence as one of God's judgments — a specific parallel to the pestilence listed in Solomon's prayer.

Jeremiah 39:1–3 Historical context

Jeremiah 39:1-3 details the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon — a concrete fulfillment of the siege and conquest Solomon prayed about.

Jeremiah 32:2 Historical context

In Jeremiah 32:2, the siege of Jerusalem by Babylon is described — a specific historical instance of the enemy siege calamity Solomon's prayer addresses.

Exodus 10:14 Historical context

Exodus 10:14 records the locust plague in Egypt — a historical precedent of the locust judgment Solomon refers to in his prayer.

Haggai 2:17 Parallel

Haggai 2:17 uses the same 'blight and mildew' language to describe covenant curses, echoing the calamities Solomon lists.

Psalm 105:34 Historical context

Psalm 105:34 recounts the locust plague in Egypt — a historical example of the 'locust' judgment mentioned here.

1 Chronicles 21:12 presents the same triad of famine, sword, pestilence as divine punishment — a different context but same categories.