2 Kings 8:1 meaning and explanation

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

2 Kings 8:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Elisha is speaking to the Shunammite woman whose son he had raised from the dead in chapter 4. Because the LORD has decreed a seven year famine, the prophet tells her to leave her home and live as a resident foreigner wherever she can find food.

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