2 Kings 8:2 meaning and explanation
So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
2 Kings 8:2, Berean Standard Bible
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The woman is the Shunammite whose son Elisha had raised from the dead in chapter 4. When the prophet warns her that the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, she obeys without argument, leaving her home and land to live as a foreigner among the Philistines, Israel's longtime enemies on the coastal plain.
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