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Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of Yahweh; thus says Yahweh, ‘(A)About this time tomorrow a [a]seah of fine flour will be sold for a [b]shekel, and two [c]seahs of barley for a [d]shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’” (B)And the royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, (C)if Yahweh 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 [e]of it.”

Lepers Report the Arameans’ Flight

Now there were four (D)leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 A seah was approx. 7 qt. or 7.7 l
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  3. 2 Kings 7:1 A seah was approx. 7 qt. or 7.7 l
  4. 2 Kings 7:1 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  5. 2 Kings 7:2 Lit from there