English Standard Version
2 Kings 8:1
1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years."
2 Kings 8:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
- New International Version (NIV)Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some other place, for the Lord has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.”
Context of 2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years." 2So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3And 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.
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וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡ע דִּבֶּ֣ר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָ֨ה אֶת־בְּנָ֜הּ לֵאמֹ֗ר ק֤וּמִי וּלְכִי֙ אַ֣תְּ וּבֵיתֵ֔ךְ וְג֖וּרִי בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּג֑וּרִי כִּֽי־קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וְגַם־בָּ֥א אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- Elishaאֱלִישָׁע'ĕlîyshâ‛ · ElishaH477
- unto the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
- whose sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- he had restored to lifeחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- and goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- thou and thine householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- and sojournגּוּרgûr · to sojournH1481
- wheresoeverאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- hath calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- for a famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
- and it shall also comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- upon the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:1
- 2 Kings 4:18When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
- Genesis 12:10Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
- Genesis 26:1Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
- Genesis 47:4They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
- Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
- Genesis 41:25Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.
- Leviticus 26:19and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
- Deuteronomy 28:22The Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought and with blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.
- 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
- 1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
- Psalms 105:16When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,
- Psalms 107:34a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.
- Haggai 1:11And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors."
- Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
- Acts 11:28And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
- Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.'
Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then spake Elisha - As this is the relation of an event far past, the words should be translated, "But Elisha had spoken unto the woman whose son he had restored unto life; and the woman had arisen, and acted according to the saying of the man of God, and had gone with her family, and had sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years." What is mentioned in these two verses happened several years before the time specified in the third verse. See the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The famine here recorded, and the conversation of the monarch with Gehazi, must have been anterior to the events related in Ezekiel 36:29; Romans 4:17).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A famine in Israel, The Shunammite obtains her land. (1-6) Elisha consulted by Hazael, Death of Benhadad. (7-15) Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah. (16-24) Ahaziah's wicked reign in Judah. (25-29) Verses 1-6 The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the care taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may do so. When the famine was over, she returned out of the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-62Ki 8:1-6. The Shunammite's Land Restored. 1. Then spake Elisha unto the woman--rather "had spoken." The repetition of Elisha's direction to the Shunammite is merely given as an introduction to the following narrative; and it probably took place before the events recorded in chapters 5 and 6. the Lord hath called for a famine--All such calamities are chastisements inflicted by the hand of God; and this famine was to be of double duration to that one which…Read the comment
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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
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