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7:1 Elisha <0477> replied <0559>, “Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>! This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘About this time <06256> tomorrow <04279> a seah <05429> of finely milled flour <05560> will sell for a shekel <08255> and two seahs <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel <08255> at the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>.’” 7:2 An officer <07991> who <0834> was the king’s <04428> right-hand <03027> <08172> man responded <06030> to the prophet <0430> <0376>, “Look <02009>, even if the Lord <03068> made <06213> it rain by opening holes <0699> in the sky <08064>, could this <02088> happen <01697> so <01961> soon?” Elisha said <0559>, “Look <02005>, you will see <07200> it happen with your own eyes <05869>, but you will not <03808> eat <0398> any of <08033> the food!” 7:3 Now four <0702> men <0376> with a skin disease <06879> were <01961> sitting at the entrance <06607> of the city gate <08179>. They said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> another <07453>, “Why <04100> are we <0587> just sitting <03427> here <06311> waiting <05704> to die <04191>? 7:4 If <0518> we go <0935> into the city <05892>, we’ll die <04191> of starvation <07458>, and if <0518> we stay <03427> here <06311> we’ll die <04191>! So come on <01980>, let’s defect <05307> to <0413> the Syrian <0758> camp <04264>! If <0518> they spare <02421> us, we’ll live <02421>; if <0518> they kill <04191> us– well, we were going to die <04191> anyway.” 7:5 So they started <06965> toward <0935> the Syrian <0758> camp <04264> at dusk <05399>. When <05704> they reached <0935> the edge <07097> of the Syrian <0758> camp <04264>, there <02009> was no <0369> one <0376> there <08033>. 7:6 The Lord <0136> had caused the Syrian <0758> camp <04264> to hear <08085> the sound <06963> <06963> <06963> of chariots <07393> and horses <05483> and a large <01419> army <02428>. Then they said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> another <0251>, “Look <02009>, the king <04428> of Israel <03478> has paid <07936> the kings <04428> <04428> of the Hittites <02850> and Egypt <04714> to <05921> attack <0935> us!” 7:7 So they got up <06965> and fled <05127> at dusk <05399>, leaving <05800> behind their tents <0168>, horses <05483>, and donkeys <02543>. They left the camp <04264> as <0834> it <01931> was and ran <05127> for <0413> their lives <05315>. 7:8 When the men <0428> with a skin disease <06879> reached <0935> the edge <07097> of the camp <04264>, they entered <0935> a <0259> tent <0168> and had a meal <08354> <0398>. They also took <05375> some silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and clothes <0899> and went <01980> and hid <02934> it all. Then they went back <07725> and entered <0935> another <0312> tent <0168>. They looted <05375> it and went <01980> and hid <02934> what they had taken. 7:9 Then they said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> another <07453>, “It’s not <03808> right <03651> what we’re <0587> doing <06213>! This <02088> is a day <03117> to celebrate <01309>, but we <0587> haven’t told <02814> anyone. If we wait <02442> until <05704> dawn <01242> <0216>, we’ll be punished <05771>. So <06258> come on <01980>, let’s go <0935> and inform <05046> the royal <04428> palace <01004>.”

• 2Ki 6:24--7:20 -- The Lord Saves Samaria

• WAR; WARFARE

  [isbe] WAR; WARFARE - wor, wor'-far (milchamah, 'anshe m., "men of war," "soldiers"; polemos, polemein, strateuesthai, stratia): 1. Religious Significance 2. Preliminaries 3. Operations of War 4. Strategy 5. Important Requisites 6....
  

• UTTERMOST

  [isbe] UTTERMOST - ut'-er-most: A pleonastic compound of a comparative ("utter"; compare "outer") and a superlative ("most"), in the King James Version used interchangeably with the ordinary superlative forms "utmost" (compare Mt 1...
  

• Tent

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it denotes the coveri...
  

• Samaria

  [ebd] a watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the "hill of Shomeron," a solitary mountain, a great "mamelon." It is an oblong hill, with steep but not i...
  [nave] SAMARIA 1. City of, built by Omri, 1 Kin. 16:24. Capital of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 16:29; 22:51; 2 Kin. 13:1, 10; 15:8. Besieged by Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 6:24-33; 7. The king of Syria is led into, by...
  

• LEPER; LEPROSY

  [isbe] LEPER; LEPROSY - lep'-er, lep'-ro-si (tsara`ath; lepra): A slowly progressing and intractable disease characterized by subcutaneous nodules (Hebrew se'eth; Septuagint oule; the King James Version "rising"), scabs or cuticula...
  

• JEHORAM

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel, who succeeded his brother Ahaziah B.C. 896, and died B.C. 884. The alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, commenced by his father and Jehoshaphat, was very ...
  

• JEHOAHAZ

  [isbe] JEHOAHAZ - je-ho'-a-haz, je-ho-a'-haz (yeho'achaz, "Yah has grasped"; Ioachas; 2 Ki 13:1-9): (1) Son of Jehu, and 11th king of Israel. He is stated to have reigned 17 years. 1. Chronology of Reign: Josephus was already aware...
  

• INIQUITY

  [isbe] INIQUITY - in-ik'-wi-ti (`awon; anomia): In the Old Testament of the 11 words translated "iniquity," by far the most common and important is `awon (about 215 times). Etymologically, it is customary to explain it as meaning l...
  

• HOUSE

  [isbe] HOUSE - hous (bayith; oikos, in classical Greek generally "an estate," oikia, oikema (literally, "habitation"), in Acts 12:1, "prison"): I. CAVE DWELLINGS II. STONE-BUILT AND MUD/BRICK-BUILT HOUSES 1. Details of Plan and Con...
  

• HIRE

  [isbe] HIRE - hir: Two entirely different words are translated "hire" in the Old Testament: (1) The most frequent one is sakhar, verb sakhar, and verbal adjective sakhir. (a) As a verb it means "to hire" for a wage, either money or...
  

• GATE

  [isbe] GATE - gat (Hebrew normally (over 300 times) sha`ar; occasionally deleth, properly, "gateway" (but compare Dt 3:5); elsewhere the gateway is pethach (compare especially Gen 19:6); Aramaic tera`; Greek pulon, pule; the Englis...
  [smith] The gate and gateways of eastern cities anciently held and still hold an important part, not only in the defence but in the public economy of the place. They are thus sometimes taken as representing the city itself. (Genesis ...
  

• FOOD

  [isbe] FOOD - food: I. VEGETABLE FOODS 1. Primitive Habits 2. Cereals 3. Leguminous Plants 4. Food of Trees II. ANIMAL FOOD LITERATURE In a previous article (see BREAD) it has been shown that in the Bible "bread" usually stands for...
  

• DAY AND NIGHT

  [isbe] DAY AND NIGHT - "Day," yom; ordinarily, the Hebrew "day" lasted from dawn to the coming forth of the starts (Neh 4:21). The context usually makes it clear whether the term "day" refers to the period of twenty-four hours or t...
  

• DAWN; DAWNING

  [isbe] DAWN; DAWNING - don: The word means the approach of the morning light, the breaking of the day. There are several words in the Bible that indicate this. nesheph, "twilight" of the morning (Job 7:4; Ps 119:147). The same word...
  

• Carmel

  [ebd] a park; generally with the article, "the park." (1.) A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of some 12 miles or more. At ...
  

• CITY

  [isbe] CITY - sit'-i (`ir, qiryah; polis): I. THE CANAANITE CITY 1. Origin 2. Extent 3. Villages 4. Sites 5. External Appearance 6. General II. THE CITY OF THE JEWISH OCCUPATION 1. Tower or Stronghold 2. High Place 3. Broad Place 4...
  

• CAPTAIN

  [isbe] CAPTAIN - kap'-tin: In the King James Version there are no fewer than 13 Hebrew words, and 4 different Greek words, which are rendered by this one English word. In the Revised Version (British and American) some of these are...
  

• Ben-hadad

  [nave] BEN-HADAD 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3, 24, 2...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• ASTRONOMY, III

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, III - III. Physiography. 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast circular plain, arched over by a solid vault--"the firmament"--above which were...
  

• The Arameans Flee from Samaria

  

• War and Famine in Samaria

  

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