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
When I heard this I tore my garment and my robe, and I pulled the hair out from my head and beard, and I sat appalled.
Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat and wept and mourned for days, and I was fasting and praying before the God of the heavens.
Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be banished; she shall sit upon the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit on [the] dust, virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of Chaldea! For {they shall no longer call} you tender and delicate.
Seven days
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, [the] first day.
Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which [was] beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful wailing. And he made a mourning ceremony for his father seven days.
None spake
Job 4:2
"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
Psalm 77:4
You hold [open] my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.