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2 Kings 7:1

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7:1 Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah 1  of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”

2 Kings 7:16

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7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah 2  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. 3 

2 Kings 7:18

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7:18 The prophet told the king, “Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.”

1 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

2 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

3 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”



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