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
Hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
Nehemiah 1:4
After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.
Isaiah 3:26
Her (Zion's) gates will lament and mourn and she will sit on the ground deserted.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Seven days
Genesis 1:5
God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
Genesis 50:10
They mourned loudly for a long time at the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days.
None spake
Job 4:2
If someone tries to talk to you, will you become impatient? But who can keep from talking?
Psalm 77:4
You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.