Tyndale Open Study Notes2 Kings 7

• This is what the Lord says: Even though Joram was negative and unfriendly, Elisha shared a hopeful message. Tomorrow, everything would change, and good products would be available again.

• Twelve quarts will cost only one piece of silver, compared to the prices in 2 Kings 6:25.

Joram's officer did not believe, so he missed out on God's blessings.

These four men were outcasts due to their illness and stayed outside the city gates (Leviticus 13:45–46; see Luke 17:11–13).

The Hittites lived just north of Aram and often fought with the Arameans.

The men decided to share their good luck with the people in Samaria.

Joram thought the Arameans might have set a trap to ambush the Israelites. Joshua used a similar tactic to capture the city of Ai (Joshua 8:3–23).

The abandoned items showed how quickly the Arameans fled, and the Israelites took goods from their camp. As Elisha predicted, food was now plentiful. Joram's skeptical officer was knocked down and trampled to death.

Repeating Elisha's earlier talk with Joram's officer highlights how the prophecy came true exactly as predicted.