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2 Kings 7 Summary
The Siege Lifted and Famine Ended
Elisha prophesies that within a day food will be abundant and cheap in Samaria's gate, though a lord doubts him and is told he will see it but not eat it. Four leprous men at the city gate, facing certain death from famine, venture to the Syrian camp and find it abandoned; the LORD had made the Syrians hear the noise of a great host and they fled. The lepers discover provisions, silver, gold, and raiment left behind. Realizing they must report the good news, they tell the city gate keepers, and the people plunder the Syrian camp, fulfilling Elisha's word exactly as he spoke. The doubting lord is trampled at the gate and dies, never tasting the provision he refused to believe in.
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2 Kings 7:1
“Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.”
2 Kings 7:6
“For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”
2 Kings 7:16
“And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.”
2 Kings 7:20
“And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.”
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