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2 Kings 7:1-3
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7 Elisha replied, ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: about this time tomorrow, a seah[a] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[b] and two seahs[c] of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’

2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, ‘Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?’

‘You will see it with your own eyes,’ answered Elisha, ‘but you will not eat any of it!’

The siege lifted

3 Now there were four men with leprosy[d] at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, ‘Why stay here until we die?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 5.5 kilograms of flour; also in verses 16 and 18
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, about 12 grams; also in verses 16 and 18
  3. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 9 kilograms of barley; also in verses 16 and 18
  4. 2 Kings 7:3 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verse 8.
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