2 Kings 7:16 meaning and explanation
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.
2 Kings 7:16, Berean Standard Bible
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Samaria was under siege and starving when Elisha, speaking for the LORD, promised that within a day flour and barley would sell cheaply again at the city gate. Verse 16 records the fulfillment: the people rushed out to the abandoned Aramean camp and carried off its supplies, and prices fell exactly as the prophet had said.
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