Berean Standard Bible

2 Kings 7:1-3

1Then ElishaH477 saidH559, “HearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068! This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559: ‘About this timeH6256 tomorrowH4279 at the gateH8179 of SamariaH8111, a seahH5429 of fine flourH5560 1 will sell for a shekelH8255,2 and two seahsH5429 of barleyH8184 3 will sell for a shekelH8255.’”

2But the officerH7991 onH5921 whose armH3027 the kingH4428 leanedH8172 answeredH6030 the manH376 of GodH430 , “LookH2009, even if the LORDH3068 were to makeH6213 windowsH699 in heavenH8064, could thisH2088 really happenH1961 ?”

“You will seeH7200 it with your own eyesH5869,” repliedH559 H2005 Elisha, “but you will not eatH3808 H398 any of itH8033.”

3Now there wereH1961 fourH702 menH582 with leprosyH6879 4 at the entranceH6607 of the city gateH8179, and they saidH559 toH413 oneH376 anotherH7453, “WhyH4100 H587 just sitH3427 hereH6311 untilH5704 we dieH4191?

Notes

1. 2 Kings 7:1 A seah is approximately 6.6 dry quarts or 7.3 liters (probably about 8.2 pounds or 3.7 kilograms of flour); here and in verses 16 and 18. ↩
2. 2 Kings 7:1 A shekel is approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams, probably of silver; here and in verses 16 and 18. ↩
3. 2 Kings 7:1 2 seahs is approximately 13.2 dry quarts or 14.6 liters (probably about 19.3 pounds or 8.8 kilograms of barley); here and in verses 16 and 18. ↩
4. 2 Kings 7:3 Leprosy was a term used for various skin diseases; here and in verse 8; see Leviticus 13. ↩