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 ¹  of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”

2 Kings 7:16-20

7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah ²  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. ³ 

7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ⁴  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ⁵  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ⁶  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.” 7:19 But the officer replied to the prophet, “Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” ⁷  Elisha ⁸  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ⁹  7:20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

[7:1]  ¹ sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ² sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand he leans.”

[7:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the people trampled him in the gate and he died.”

[7:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “just as the man of God had spoken, [the word] which he spoke when the king came down to him.”

[7:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” See the note at 7:2.

[7:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”