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2 Kings 8:1

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Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”

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2 Kings 8:1 in other translations

Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 Kings 8:1 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 8:1 in context

  1. 1Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
  2. 2The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
  3. 3At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land.