2 Kings 8:3

And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

In Context

2So the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

4Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:4And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.

2 Kings 6:26And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.

Psalms 82:3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:2-7

A Famine in Israel; the Shunammite's Possessions Restored. ( b. c. 886.) 1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven… Read the whole commentary →

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