Lièwángjìxià 7:1

1 Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐmen yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , míngrì yuē dào zhè shíhou , zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà chéng ménkǒu , yī xì yà xì miàn yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè , èr xì Yàdà maì yĕ yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè .

Lièwángjìxià 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord
This he said to the king and those that were with him:

thus saith the Lord, tomorrow, about this time;
which very probably was the forenoon:

shall a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel;
"a seah", the measure here spoken of, or "saturn", according to some ^F18, was a gallon and an half; but Bishop Cumberland ^F19 makes it two wine gallons and an half; and a shekel, according to his accurate computation, was two shillings and four pence farthing, and near the eighth part of one {t}:

and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria;
where the market was kept; the same sort of measure and of money is here used as before; and we learn from hence that a measure of wheat was equal to two of barley.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Godwin, ut supra. (Moses & Aaron, B. 6. c. 9.)
F19 Of Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 3. p. 86.
F20 lb. c. 4. p. 104, 105.

Lièwángjìxià 7:1 In-Context

1 Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐmen yào tīng Yēhéhuá de huà , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , míngrì yuē dào zhè shíhou , zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà chéng ménkǒu , yī xì yà xì miàn yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè , èr xì Yàdà maì yĕ yào maì yín yī Shĕkèlè .

2 Yǒu yī gè chān fú wáng de jūnzhǎng duì shén rén shuō , jí biàn Yēhéhuá shǐ tiān kāi le chuānghu , yĕ bùnéng yǒu zhè shì . Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐ bì qīnyǎn kànjian , què bùdé chī .

3 Zaì chéng mén nàli yǒu sì gè zhǎngdà má fēng de rén , tāmen bǐcǐ shuō , wǒmen wèihé zuò zaì zhèlǐ dĕng sǐ ne .

4 Wǒmen ruò shuō , jìn chéng qù ba . chéng lǐ yǒu jīhuāng , bì sǐ zaì nàli . ruò zaì zhèlǐ zuò zhe bù dòng , yĕ bì shì sǐ . lái ba , wǒmen qù tóu jiàng Yàlán rén de jūnduì , tāmen ruò liú wǒmen de huó méng , jiù huó zhe . ruò shā wǒmen , jiù sǐ le ba .

5 Huánghūn de shíhou , tāmen qǐlai wǎng Yàlán rén de yíng pán qù . dào le yíng bian , bú jiàn yī rén zaì nàli .