2 Kings 7:1
And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of LORD. Thus says LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
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Exodus 9:5And LORD appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow LORD shall do this thing in the land.
Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel. Speak to them, saying, At evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread. And ye shall know that I am LORD your God.
1 Samuel 11:9And they said to the messengers who came, Thus ye shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.
1 Kings 22:19And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of LORD. I saw LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
2 Kings 6:25And there was a great famine in Samaria. And, behold, they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
2 Kings 7:16And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of LORD.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:1
Relief is here brought to Samaria and her king, when the case is, in a manner, desperate, and the king despairing. I. It is foretold by Elisha, and an unbelieving lord shut out from the benefit of it, ver. 1, 2 . II. It is brought about, 1. By an unaccountable fright into which God put the Syrians ( ver. 6 ), which caused them to retire precipitately, ver. 7 . 2. By the seasonable discovery which four lepers made of this ( ver. 3-5 ), and the account which they gave of it to the court, ver. 8-11 . 3. By the… Read the whole commentary →