2 Kings 7:1-2

Elisha Promises Food

1 Then Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, '1Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.' "
2 2The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, "Behold, 3if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" Then he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it."

2 Kings 7:1-2 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.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 2 Kings 7:18
  • 2. 2 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 7:17, 19
  • 3. Genesis 7:11; Malachi 3:10

Footnotes 2

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