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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 7:20

And that's exactly what happened—the officer was trampled to death.

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

12 The king got out of bed and said to his officers, "I know what those Syrians are doing. They know we're starving, so they're hiding in the fields, hoping we will go out to look for food. When we do, they can capture us and take over our city." 13 One of his officers replied, "We have a few horses left—why don't we let some men take five of them and go to the Syrian camp and see what's happening? We're going to die anyway like those who have already died." 14 They found two chariots, and the king commanded the men to find out what had happened to the Syrian troops. 15 The men rode as far as the Jordan River. All along the way they saw clothes and equipment that the Syrians had thrown away as they escaped. Then they went back to the king and told him what they had seen. 16 At once the people went to the Syrian camp and carried off what was left. They took so much that a large sack of flour and two large sacks of barley sold for almost nothing, just as the Lord had promised. 17 The king of Israel had put his chief officer in charge of the gate, but he died when the people trampled him as they rushed out of the city. 18 Earlier, when the king was at Elisha's house, Elisha had told him that flour or barley would sell for almost nothing. 19 But the officer refused to believe that even the Lord could do that. So Elisha warned him that he would see it happen, but would not eat any of the food. 20 And that's exactly what happened—the officer was trampled to death.

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 the earth with the ocean that rose above the mountains.
Jeremiah 3:23
On hilltops, we worshiped idols and made loud noises, but it was all for nothing— only you can save us.

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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