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Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a measure[a] of fine flour will be sold for a shekel,[b] and two measures[c] of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”

Then an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, “If the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could this thing happen?”

And he said, “You will see it with your eyes, but you will not eat from it.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 Likely about 12 pounds, or 5.5 kilograms of flour, and in vv. 16 and 18.
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 About ⅖ ounce, or 12 grams, and in vv. 16 and 18.
  3. 2 Kings 7:1 Likely about 20 pounds, or 9 kilograms of barley, and in vv. 16 and 18.

And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a [a]measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 Hebrew seah.