English Standard Version
2 Kings 8:3
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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king about getting back her house and land.
Context of 2 Kings 8:3
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." 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. 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. 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 while he 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 her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life."
Read all of 2 Kings 82 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 8:6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now."
- 2 Kings 4:13And he said to him, "Say now to her, 'See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'" She answered, "I dwell among my own people."
- 2 Kings 6:26Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"
- 2 Samuel 14:4When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king."
- Psalms 82:3Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
- Jeremiah 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.
- Luke 18:3And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against 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
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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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