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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 7:1 - 7:1
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2Ki 7:1-16. Elisha prophecies incredible plenty in Samaria.
Hear ye the word of the Lord - This prediction, though uttered first to the assembled elders, was intimated to the king’s messengers, who reported it to Jehoram (2Ki 7:18).
To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, etc. - This may be estimated at a peck of fine flour for dollar, and two pecks of barley at the same price.
in the gate of Samaria - Vegetables, cattle, all sorts of country produce, are still sold every morning at the gates of towns in the East.