a great famine

2 Kings 6:28, 29
Then the king asked her, "What is the matter?" And she answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give up your son, and we will eat him today, and tomorrow we will eat my son.' . . .

2 Kings 7:4
If we say, 'Let us go into the city, ' we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die."

2 Kings 25:3
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

Jeremiah 14:13-15, 18
"Ah, Lord GOD!" I replied, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" . . .

Jeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword, famine, and plague, the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

Jeremiah 52:6
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Ezekiel 4:13-16
Then the LORD said, "This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them." . . .