2 Kings 7:17-20

7:17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man ¹  at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. ²  This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. ³  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?” ⁴  Elisha ⁵  said, “Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!” ⁶  7:20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.

[7:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the officer on whose hand he leans.”

[7:17]  ² tn Heb “and the people trampled him in the gate and he died.”

[7:17]  ³ tn Heb “just as the man of God had spoken, [the word] which he spoke when the king came down to him.”

[7:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord was making holes in the sky, could this thing be?” See the note at 7:2.

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “you will not eat from there.”