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2 Kings 7:1-2
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7 Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah[a] of fine flour will be sold for a shekel,[b] and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?”

He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

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  1. 7:1 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
  2. 7:1 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
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2 Kings 7:1-2
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7 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow at Samaria’s gate, six quarts[a] of fine flour will sell for a half ounce of silver[b] and twelve quarts[c] of barley will sell for a half ounce of silver.’”(A)

2 Then the captain, the king’s right-hand man,[d](B) responded to the man of God,(C) “Look, even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” (D)

Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:1 Lit a seah, also in vv. 16,18
  2. 7:1 Lit for a shekel, also in vv. 16,18
  3. 7:1 Lit two seahs, also in vv. 16,18
  4. 7:2 Lit captain, upon whose hand the king leaned, also in v. 17
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