2 Kings 8:3

And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to the king for her house, and for her lands.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

2And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

4And the king talked with Giezi, the servant of the man of God, saying: Tell me all the great things that Eliseus hath done.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:4And when the woman of Thecua was come in to the king, she fell before him upon the ground, and worshipped, and said: Save me, O king.

2 Kings 6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord O king.

Psalms 82:3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.

Luke 18:3And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary.

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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