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The Prophecy is Fulfilled

15 They went out in the direction of the Jordan River,[a] and the entire roadway was strewn with clothes and equipment that the Arameans had abandoned in their haste to leave![b] So the messengers returned and reported to the king. 16 At this, the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. At that time, a seah[c] of finely ground flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the Lord’s message.

17 Meanwhile, the king appointed the same royal attendant on whom he depended[d] to take control of the city gate, but the people trampled him to death in the gate, just as the man of God had told the king when the king came down to him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:15 The Heb. lacks River
  2. 2 Kings 7:15 The Heb. lacks to leave
  3. 2 Kings 7:16 I.e. a dry measure of grain equal to about 2 gallons in volume.
  4. 2 Kings 7:17 Cf. v. 2