2 Kings 7:1 meaning and explanation

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.’”

2 Kings 7:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Elisha speaks to a starving city under siege by the Arameans. Samaria has been cut off so long that food is scarce and prices ruinous, and the king has blamed the prophet for the famine.

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