2 Kings 7:17 meaning and explanation
Now 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.
2 Kings 7:17, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Elisha had promised that the famine prices in besieged Samaria would collapse within a day, and the king's trusted officer had scoffed that even windows in heaven could not do it. Elisha answered that the man would see the relief but never taste it.
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