2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Elisha	אֱלִישָׁ֔ע 'e.li.Sha'	H477	Elisha · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Hear	שִׁמְע֖וּ shim.'U	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
word	דְּבַר de.var-	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
morrow	מָחָר֙ ma.Char	H4279	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
time	כָּעֵ֤ת ka.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
measure	סְאָֽה se.'ah-	H5429	a seah · noun, common feminine singular absolute
flour	סֹ֣לֶת So.let	H5560	flour (as chipped off) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
shekel	בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל be.She.kel	H8255	probably a weight · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
measures	וְסָאתַ֧יִם ve.sa.Ta.yim	H5429	a seah · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual absolute
barley	שְׂעֹרִ֛ים se.'o.Rim	H8184	barley (as villose) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
shekel	בְּשֶׁ֖קֶל be.She.kel	H8255	probably a weight · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
gate	בְּשַׁ֥עַר be.Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Samaria	שֹׁמְרֽוֹן sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
Exodus 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be f…
Ezekiel 37:4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
1 Samuel 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye sha…
Exodus 9:5-6 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
Exodus 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egypt…
Psalms 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
Exodus 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:1-2

Here, I. Elisha foretels that, notwithstanding the great straits to which the city of Samaria is reduced, yet within twenty-four hours they shall have plenty, Kg2 7:1. The king of Israel despaired of it and grew weary of waiting: then Elisha foretold it, when things were at the worst. Man's extremity is God's opportunity of magnifying his own power; his time to appear for his people is when their strength is gone, Deu 32:36. When they had given over expecting help it came. When the son of man comes shall he find faith on the earth? Luk 18:8. The king said, What shall I wait for the Lord any longer? And perhaps some of the elders were ready to say the same: "Well," said Elisha, "you hear what…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:1

To-morrow about this time - This was in reply to the desponding language of the king, and to vindicate himself from the charge of being author of this calamity. See the end of the preceding chapter, Kg2 6:33 (note). A measure of fine flour - for a shekel - A seah of fine flour: the seah was about two gallons and a half; the shekel, two shillings and four-pence at the lowest computation. A wide difference between this and the price of the ass's head mentioned above.

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord,.... This he said to the king and those that were with him: thus saith the Lord, tomorrow, about this time; which very probably was the forenoon: shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel; "a seah", the measure here spoken of, or "saturn", according to some (r), was a gallon and an half; but Bishop Cumberland (s) makes it two wine gallons and an half; and a shekel, according to his accurate computation, was two shillings and four pence farthing, and near the eighth part of one (t): and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria; where the market was kept; the same sort of measure and of money is here used as before; and…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

The Church Fathers

Similar things too you will find even in the times of Elisha, when the son of Hadad, king of Syria, went up against Samaria and besieged it: "and there was," it says, "a great famine in Samaria, until an ass's head was worth fifty shekels of silver, and a fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five pieces of silver." But suddenly through the word of the prophet a marvelous change comes about, as he says: "hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: as at this hour tomorrow, a measure of fine flour shall be for one shekel and two measures of barley for one shekel in the gates of Samaria." You see, then, from all these things what is gathered: that, when the famine prevails over the earth, not only does it not prevail over the just, but rather through them a remedy is brought to the disaster that threatened.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 16.3

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Dictionary and topics

Elisha — God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his…
Gate — (1.) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg. 16:3). (2.) Of royal palaces (Neh. 2:8). (3.) Of the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:34, 35; 2…
Jehoram — Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr.…
Samaria — A watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solitary mountain, a great “mamelon.” It is an oblong…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Barley · Priests estimated va — Priests estimated va
Gates · Of cities: Land redeemed at — Of cities: Land redeemed at
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of
Measure · 8. A seah, about a peck and a half — 8. A seah, about a peck and a half
Samaria, Ancient · Samaria the capital of: Elisha predicted plenty in — Samaria the capital of: Elisha predicted plenty in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).