2 Kings 7
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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.

Elisha said

2 Kings 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down …

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD …

Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law …

Ezekiel 37:4 Again he said to me, Prophesy on these bones, and say to them, O …

To-morrow

2 Kings 7:18,19 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, …

Exodus 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and your people: to morrow …

Exodus 9:5,6 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall …

Exodus 14:13 And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see …

Exodus 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, …

Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow …

1 Samuel 11:9 And they said to the messengers that came, Thus shall you say to …

Psalm 46:5 God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help …

a measure of fine flour A seah of flour: the seah was about two gallons and a half; the shekel

2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged …

Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the middle of the four beasts say, A measure …

of barley

2 Kings 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God …

John 6:9 There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small …

in the gate of Samaria From this it appears that the gates were not only used as courts of judicature, but as market-places. So Mr. Morier observe: `In our rides we usually went out of the town at the {Derwazeh Shah Abdul}, of the gate leading to the village of Shah Abdul Azeem, where a market was held every morning, particularly of horses, mules, asses, and camels. At about sun-rise, the owners of the animals assemble and exhibit them for sale. But besides, here were sellers of all sorts of goods, in temporary shops and tents: and this, perhaps, will explain the custom alluded to in

2 Kings 7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, …

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

unto his servants

2 Kings 6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with …

Genesis 20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his …

Genesis 41:38 And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this …

1 Kings 20:7,23 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, …

I will now

2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus said the LORD…

2 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, …

They know that we be hungry This was a very natural conclusion; and, in history of the revolt of Ali Bey, we have an account of a stratagem very similar to that supposed to have been practised by the Syrians. The pasha of Damascus having approached the Sea of Tiberias, found sheik Daher encamped there; but the sheik, deferring the engagement till the next morning, during the night divided his army into three parts, and left the camp with great fires blazing, all sorts of provisions, and a large quantity of spiritous liquors. In the middle of the night, the pasha, thinking to surprise the sheik, marched in silence to the camp, which, to his astonishment, he found entirely abandoned; and imagining the sheik had fled with so much precipitation that he could not carry off his baggage and stores, he stopped in the camp to refresh his soldiers. They soon fell to plunder, and drank so freely of the spirits, that, overcome with its fumes, they sunk into a deep lethargy. At that time, two sheiks came silently to the camp, and being rejoined by Daher, rushed upon the sleeping foe,

2 Kings 6:25-29 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged …

hide themselves

Joshua 8:4-12 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in wait against …

Judges 20:29-37 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah…

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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