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And that's exactly what happened to the officer. On their way out of the city, the people knocked him down. In the entrance of the gate they walked all over him. And he died.
2 Kings 7:20 Meaning and Commentary
2 Kings 7:20
And so it fell out unto him As the prophet predicted:
for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died; (See Gill on 2 Kings 7:17).
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It happened as the man of God had said to the king: “About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
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The officer had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
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And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.