2 Kings 4:42
Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People
4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet 1 – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. 2 Elisha 3 said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”
2 Kings 7:16
7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah
4 of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the
Lord had said they would.
5
2 Kings 7:18
7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”
2 Kings 7:1
7:1 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the
Lord! This is what the
Lord says, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah
6 of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”
1 tn Heb “man of God.”
2 tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.
5 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”
7 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.