2 Kings 8:3

At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for 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

2The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

4Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”

2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Psalms 82:3“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Luke 18:3A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from 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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