In 2 Kings 4:18, the Shunammite woman's son is introduced — this is the same woman Elisha now warns of a coming famine.

In 2 Kings 4:31-37, Elisha raised the Shunammite's son from death — this earlier miracle shows God's care for her before the famine warning.

2 Kings 4:13 introduces the Shunammite woman's previous hospitality to Elisha, providing background for why he warns her of the famine.

2 Kings 4:35 recounts the raising of the Shunammite's son, directly linking to the woman mentioned in the warning here.

Deuteronomy 28:22-24 lists famine as a covenant curse for disobedience — the famine here is a specific application of that curse.

Deuteronomy 28:38-40 describes agricultural failure as covenant curses — the seven-year famine echoes this divine judgment pattern.

In 1 Kings 17:1, Elijah similarly prophesies a drought — Elisha's famine parallels his master's earlier act of judgment.

Leviticus 26:19 threatens 'heavens like iron and earth like bronze' as covenant curse — background for famine as divine judgment seen here.

Leviticus 26:20 describes land not yielding increase as a curse — the same agricultural failure that underlies the seven-year famine.

Genesis 12:10 recounts Abram's famine-driven sojourn to Egypt — the same pattern of fleeing a severe famine as the Shunammite is told to do.

Genesis 26:1 describes Isaac sojourning due to another famine — a parallel to the Shunammite's commanded relocation during a seven-year famine.

Leviticus 26:26 warns of bread shortages and unsatisfied hunger — a concrete picture of famine conditions like the one Elisha announces.

Ruth 1:1 opens with a famine causing Elimelech's family to sojourn in Moab — the same crisis-driven relocation seen here.

Genesis 47:4 has Jacob's family sojourn in Egypt because of famine, mirroring the Shunammite's needed departure from Israel in 2 Kings 8:1.