2 Kings 8:3

2 Kings 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
• New International Version (NIV)At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.

Context of 2 Kings 8:3

1Now Elisha had said to the [Shunammite] woman whose son he had restored to life, “Prepare and go, you and your household, and stay temporarily wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and moreover, it will come on the land [and continue] for seven years.” 2So the woman set out and did everything in accordance with the word of the man of God. She and her household went and stayed temporarily as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years. At the end of the seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to appeal to the king [of Israel] for her house and for her land. 4Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.” 5And [just] as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

2 Kings 8:3 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י מִקְצֵה֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וַתָּ֥שָׁב הָאִשָּׁ֖ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַתֵּצֵא֙ לִצְעֹ֣ק אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתָ֖הּ וְאֶל־שָׂדָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass at the sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• years’שָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• that the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• and she went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to cryצָעַקtsâ‛aq · to cryH6817
• unto the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• for her houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and for her landשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:3

• 2 Kings 8:6When the king asked the woman, she told him [everything]. So the king appointed for her a certain high official, saying, “Restore everything that was hers, including all the produce of the field since the day that she left the land until now.”
• 2 Kings 4:13Now he said to Gehazi, “Say to her now, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us; what can I do for you? Would you like to be mentioned to the king or to the captain of the army?’ ” She answered, “I live among my own people [in peace and security and need no special favors].”
• 2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel (Jehoram) was passing by on the [city] wall a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord, O king!”
• 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, “Help, O king.”
• Psalms 82:3Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice and maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute.
• Jeremiah 22:16He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then all was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Says the Lord.
• Luke 18:3There was a [desperate] widow in that city and she kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice and legal protection from my adversary.’

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3During the Shunammite‘s absence in Philistia, her dwelling and her grain-fields had been appropriated by some one who refused to restore them. She therefore determined to appeal to the king. Such direct appeals are common in Oriental countries. Compare 2 Kings 6:26; 2 Samuel 14:4; 1 Kings 3:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3appeal for her house and her land: Her property might have been held in trust or taken away.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land--In consequence of her long-continued absence from the country, her possessions were occupied by her kindred, or had been confiscated by the crown. No statute in the law of Moses ordained that alienation. But the innovation seems to have been adopted in Israel.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:3

• Elisha
• Judge
• King
• Land
• Petition
• Property

In the dictionaries

• Philistines
• Gehazi
• Hazael
• Oppression
• Restore
• Shunem
• Agrarian Laws
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Jehoahaz

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings