2 Kings 7:17-19
International Standard Version
17 Meanwhile, the king appointed the same royal attendant on whom he depended[a] to take control of the city gate, but the people trampled him to death in the gate, just as the man of God had told the king when the king came down to him. 18 It happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king:
“At about this time tomorrow, in Samaria’s city gate, a seah[b] of finely ground flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel.”
19 But the royal attendant on whom the king depended responded to the man of God: “Look here! Even if the Lord were to make a window in the sky, how could this happen?”
He replied, “No, you look! You’ll see it with your eyes, but you won’t eat any of it!”[c]
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- 2 Kings 7:17 Cf. v. 2
- 2 Kings 7:18 I.e. a dry measure of grain equal to about 2 gallons in volume.
- 2 Kings 7:19 Cf. v. 1-2
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