2 Kings 7:16 “Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It wa…”

2 Kings 7:16

Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the LORD’s word.

American Standard Version

And the people went out, and plundered the camp 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 Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the people went out and spoyled the campe of the Aramites: so a measure of fine floure was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel according to the word of the Lord.

Darby Translation

And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

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Cross references

“spoiled the tents”

Isaiah 33:4 Isaiah 33:23 1 Samuel 17:53 2 Chronicles 14:12–15 2 Chronicles 20:25 Psalm 68:12

Isaiah 33:4 · BSB

Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

Isaiah 33:23 · BSB

Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

1 Samuel 17:53 · BSB

When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

2 Chronicles 14:12–15 · BSB

So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.

2 Chronicles 20:25 · BSB

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because the…

Psalm 68:12 · BSB

“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.

“according to”

2 Kings 7:1 Numbers 23:19 Isaiah 44:26 Matthew 24:35

2 Kings 7:1 · BSB

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Isaiah 44:26 · BSB

who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

Matthew 24:35 · BSB

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

17Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

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