2 Kings 7:1

And Elisaie said, Hear you the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord, + 7:1 Gr. As is this, etc. As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.

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In The King James Version

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

In Context

2And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, if the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, + 7:2 Gr. shall. might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:5And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this thing on the land.

Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Towards evening you⌃ shall eat flesh, and in the morning you⌃ shall be satisfied with bread; and you⌃ shall know that I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 11:9And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall you⌃ say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow you⌃ shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

1 Kings 22:19And Michaias said, Not so, it is not I: hear the word of the Lord; it is not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about 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 an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 7:16And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.

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 →

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