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2 Kings 7:1-3
New Catholic Bible
2 Kings 7:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
1 Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the Lord for thus says the Lord: By this time tomorrow a seah[a] of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel in the gates of Samaria.” 2 An officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Behold, even if the Lord were to make windows in the heavens, how could this happen.” He answered, “Behold, your eyes will see it, but you will not eat any of it.”
Lepers at the Gate. 3 There were four lepers at the entrance to the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?[b]
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- 2 Kings 7:1 Seah: about 15 liters; the low price reflects the end of the famine.
- 2 Kings 7:3 Lepers had to remain apart (Lev 13:46); they are at the gate because the countryside is overrun by the enemy. It will be by means of these outcasts that God rescues the city.
