Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
They sat
Seven days
None spake
Bible References
They sat
Ezra 9:3
And in my hearing this word I rent my garment and my robe, and I shall pluck off from the hair of my head and my beard, and I shall sit down, being astonished.
Nehemiah 1:4
And it will be in my hearing these words, I sat down, and I shall weep and mourn days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of the heavens,
Isaiah 3:26
And her entrances sighed and mourned; and being clean, she shall sit upon the earth.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit upon the dust, thou virgin daughter of Babel, sit upon the earth: no throne, thou daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt not be added for them to call thee tender and delicate.
Seven days
Genesis 1:5
And God will call to the light day, and to the darkness he called night: and the evening shall be, and the morning shall be one day.
Genesis 50:10
And they will come to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and they will mourn there a mourning great and strong exceedingly: and he will make for his father a mourning, seven days.
None spake
Job 4:2
Trying the word to thee shalt thou be weary? who shall be able to with hold in speaking?
Psalm 77:4
Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.