2 Kings 7:14-20

14 They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

The Promise Fulfilled

15 They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.
16 So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, 1according to the word of the LORD.
17 Now the king appointed 2the royal officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died just as the man of God had said, 3who spoke when the king came down to him.
18 It happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "4Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria."
19 Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, 5if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it."
20 And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.

2 Kings 7:14-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 7

This chapter begins with a prophecy of great plenty in Samaria on the morrow, and of the death of an unbelieving lord, 2Ki 7:1,2, relates the case of four lepers, who that night went into the Syrian camp, which was deserted, occasioned by the noise of chariots, horses, and a host, which they fancied they heard, 2Ki 7:3-9, the report which the lepers made to the king's household of this affair, and the method the king's servants took to know the truth of it, 2Ki 7:10-15 which, when confirmed, the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians, whereby the prophecy of plenty was fulfilled, 2Ki 7:16, and the unbelieving lord having post at the gate of the city assigned him, was trod to death, and so the prediction concerning him had its accomplishment also, 2Ki 7:17-20.

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Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Heb "seah;" i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts
  • [b]. Heb "seah;" i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts
  • [c]. Lit "over the gate"
  • [d]. Heb "seah;" i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts
  • [e]. Heb "seah;" i.e. one seah equals approx 11 qts
  • [f]. Lit "from there"
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