2 Kings 8:2

2 The woman acted at once and did as the man of God had said - she went with her household and stayed in the land of the P'lishtim for seven years.

2 Kings 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:2

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of
God
Whose words she had reason to believe; she having a son given to her according to his word, and this restored to life, when dead, through his intercession:

and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the
Philistines;
which was not far from her native place, and where there was plenty of food, and she could have as free an exercise of her religion as in the idolatrous kingdom of Israel.

2 Kings 8:2 In-Context

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Move away, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; because ADONAI has called for a famine; and it will be on the land for seven years."

2 The woman acted at once and did as the man of God had said - she went with her household and stayed in the land of the P'lishtim for seven years.

3 At the end of seven years the woman returned from the land of the P'lishtim and sought an audience with the king to claim her house and land.

4 The king was talking with Geichazi the servant of the man of God. "Tell me," he said, "all the great things Elisha has done."

5 Just as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead person to life, at that very moment the woman whose son he had restored to life came to the king with her claim for her house and land. Geichazi said, "My lord, king, this is the woman; and this is her son, the one Elisha restored to life."