2 Kings 7:16-19

7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah ¹  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. ² 

7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ³  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ⁴  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ⁵  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?” ⁶  Elisha ⁷  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ⁸ 

[7:16]  ¹ sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[7:17]  ³ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand he leans.”

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the people trampled him in the gate and he died.”

[7:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “just as the man of God had spoken, [the word] which he spoke when the king came down to him.”

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” See the note at 7:2.

[7:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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