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18 It happened as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs[a] of barley for a shekel,[b] and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;” 19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.” 20 It happened like that to him; for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:18 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
  2. 7:18 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.