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2 Kings 7:20

And so it happened to him; for the people trampled him at the gate, and he died.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Samaria, Ancient;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nergal;   Samaria;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samaria;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Jehoram;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Samaria ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This is what happened to him: the people trampled him in the city gate, and he died.
Hebrew Names Version
it happened even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
King James Version
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
English Standard Version
And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate and he died.
New Century Version
It happened to the officer just that way. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
New English Translation
This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.
New American Standard Bible
And this is what happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And so it came vnto him: for the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.
Legacy Standard Bible
And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.
Contemporary English Version
And that's exactly what happened—the officer was trampled to death.
Complete Jewish Bible
That is exactly what happened to him, because the people trampled him down in the gateway, so that he died.
Darby Translation
And so it happened to him; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died.
Easy-to-Read Version
It happened to the officer just that way. The people knocked him down at the gate and trampled him, and he died.
George Lamsa Translation
And so it happened to him; for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died.
Good News Translation
And that is just what happened to him—he died, trampled to death by the people at the city gate.
Lexham English Bible
So it had happened to him; the people trampled him in the gate and he died.
Literal Translation
And it happened to him in this way; yea, the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And euen so fortuned it vnto him, for the people trode vpon him in the gate, yt he dyed.
American Standard Version
it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
Bible in Basic English
And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And euen so chaunced it vnto him: For the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
King James Version (1611)
And so it fell out vnto him: for the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he died.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it was so: for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
English Revised Version
it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
Berean Standard Bible
And this is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfore it bifelde to hym, as it was biforseid; and the puple to-trad hym with feet in the yate, and he was deed.
Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth.
Update Bible Version
it came to pass even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
Webster's Bible Translation
And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
World English Bible
it happened even so to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.
New King James Version
And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
New Living Translation
And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!
New Life Bible
So it happened to him. The people stepped on him at the gate, and he died.
New Revised Standard
It did indeed happen to him; the people trampled him to death in the gate.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea it fell out to him, thus, - and the people trode upon him in the gate, that he died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And so it fell out to him, as it was foretold, and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
Revised Standard Version
And so it happened to him, for the people trod upon him in the gate and he died.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.

Contextual Overview

12Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; so they have left the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.'" 13One of his servants replied, "Please let some men take five of the horses which remain inside the city. Consider this: [if they are caught then at worst] they will be like all the people of Israel who are left in the city; [even if they are killed then] they will be like all the people of Israel who have already died. So let us send [them] and see [what happens]." 14So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and see." 15They went after them to the Jordan, and all the road was entirely littered with clothing and equipment which the Arameans (Syrians) had thrown away when they hurriedly fled. And the messengers returned and told the king. 16Then the people [of Israel] went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So [goods were so plentiful that] a measure of finely-milled flour [was sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the word of the LORD [as spoken through Elisha]. 17Now the king had appointed the royal officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the [city] gate; and the [starving] people trampled him at the gate [as they struggled to get through for food], and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to him. 18It happened just as [Elisha] the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley will be sold for a shekel and a measure of finely-milled flour for a shekel tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria." 19The royal officer had answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, [even] if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing happen?" And Elisha had answered, "You will see it with your own eyes, but [because of your doubt] you will not eat it." 20And so it happened to him; for the people trampled him at the gate, and he died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 20:12, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Job 20:23, Isaiah 7:9, Jeremiah 17:5, Jeremiah 17:6, Hebrews 3:18, Hebrews 3:19

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:33 - and he trode Jeremiah 29:32 - behold

Cross-References

Psalms 104:6
You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
Jeremiah 3:23
"Truly, [the hope of salvation from] the hill [where idols are worshiped] is a deception, A tumult and noisy multitude on the mountains; Truly in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And so it fell out unto him,.... As the prophet predicted:

for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died;

:-.


 
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