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 report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.
Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Isaiah 3:26
Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
Isaiah 47:1
"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
Seven days
Genesis 1:5
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.
Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
None spake
Job 4:2
"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
Psalm 77:4
You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.