2 Kings 7:16 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 7:16

14 Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”

15 And they went after them to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and told the king.

16 Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, ^aaccording to the word of the Lord.

17 Now the king had appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. But the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, just ^aas the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

18 So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, ^a“Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be sold tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.”

19 Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, “Now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

20 And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

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Definitions of words in 2 Kings 7:16:

Barley {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Barley {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Fine {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Flour {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Flour {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Seah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Seah {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Shekel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Shekel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Syrians {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Two {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Word {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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