2 Chronicles 6:28
If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
Cross-references
In 2 Chronicles 20:9-13, Jehoshaphat directly echoes Solomon's prayer, pleading for deliverance from enemy invasion as promised.
2 Chronicles 12:2-5 recounts an enemy siege against Jerusalem for forsaking the Lord — a specific instance of the calamity Solomon prayed about.
2 Chronicles 32:1 describes Sennacherib's invasion — another historical enemy siege, matching the calamity Solomon listed in his prayer.
2 Chronicles 20:5-13 records Jehoshaphat's prayer during invasion — similar to Solomon's prayer addressing national calamities.
Leviticus 26:16 lists wasting disease and crop failure as covenant curses — the same kind of calamities Solomon prays about here.
Joel 1:4-7 describes a locust plague ravaging the land — exactly the kind of disaster Solomon prays would drive Israel to repent.
1 Kings 8:38 continues Solomon's prayer, describing how individuals will pray in distress — expanding on the calamities listed in 2 Chronicles 6:28.
1 Kings 8:37-40 is the parallel account of Solomon's temple prayer, containing nearly identical wording about these calamities.
Deuteronomy 28:52-57 describes the horrors of enemy siege — a covenant curse that Solomon's prayer acknowledges and asks deliverance from.
Deuteronomy 28:21-61 lists the covenant curses for disobedience — the very calamities Solomon prays about here, showing the prayer is grounded in the Mosaic covenant.
Leviticus 26:25-26 threatens sword, pestilence, and famine — directly parallel to the list of disasters in Solomon's prayer.
Deuteronomy 28:22 lists blight and mildew as covenant curses — the same calamities Solomon includes in his temple prayer.
Psalm 78:46 recounts God giving crops to locusts — the exact plague listed here, demonstrating locusts as divine judgment.
Ezekiel 14:19 portrays sending plague as divine wrath — the same kind of judgment referenced among the calamities here.
Amos 4:9 names blight, mildew, and locusts as God's strikes — identical to the agricultural disasters Solomon prays about here.
Haggai 2:17 mentions blight and mildew as God's strikes — paralleling the same agricultural calamities listed here.
2 Kings 6:25-29 depicts a horrific siege-famine — the exact kind of disaster Solomon prays would lead to repentance, showing a later historical fulfillment.
2 Kings 8:1 records a prophesied seven-year famine — a concrete example of the calamity Solomon prays about, demonstrating divine warning.
Exodus 10:12-15 describes the locust plague on Egypt — the same type of judgment Solomon prays about, though here applied to Israel.
Joel 2:25 promises restoration after locust judgment — the very hope Solomon’s prayer appeals to when the people repent.
Joel 1:11 laments the ruined harvest from locusts — the same agricultural disaster Solomon mentions, underscoring the economic impact.