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2 Könige 7:1
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Elisa aber sprach: Höret des HERRN Wort! So spricht der HERR: Morgen um diese Zeit wird ein Scheffel Semmelmehl einen Silberling gelten und zwei Scheffel Gerste einen Silberling unter dem Tor zu Samaria.
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Elisha said: See note on 2 Kings 6:33, and see note on 2 Kings 20:16. 1 Kings 22:19, Isaiah 1:10, Ezekiel 37:4
To morrow: 2 Kings 7:18, 2 Kings 7:19, Exodus 8:23, Exodus 9:5, Exodus 9:6, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 16:12, Joshua 3:5, 1 Samuel 11:9, Psalms 46:5
a measure of fine flour: A seah of flour: the seah was about two gallons and a half; the shekel 2s. 4d. at the lowest computation: awide difference between this and the price of the ass's head. 2 Kings 6:25, Revelation 6:6
of barley: 2 Kings 4:42, John 6:9
in the gate of Samaria: From this it appears that the gates were not only used as courts of judicature, but as market-places. So Mr. Morier observes: "In our rides we usually went out of the town at the Derwazeh Shah Abdul Azeem, or the gate leading to the village of Shah Abdul Azeem, where a market was held every morning, particularly of horses, mules, asses, and camels. At about sun-rise, the owners of the animals assemble and exhibit them for sale. But besides, here were sellers of all sorts of goods, in temporary shops and tents, and this, perhaps, will explain the custom alluded to in 2 Kings 7:18.
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a Genesis 18:14 - Is Exodus 9:18 - to morrow 1 Kings 17:14 - thus saith 1 Kings 20:13 - Hast thou 2 Kings 7:16 - according to 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great Ecclesiastes 9:14 - There was Matthew 4:4 - but Matthew 6:34 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord,.... This he said to the king and those that were with him:
thus saith the Lord, tomorrow, about this time; which very probably was the forenoon:
shall a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel; "a seah", the measure here spoken of, or "saturn", according to some r, was a gallon and an half; but Bishop Cumberland s makes it two wine gallons and an half; and a shekel, according to his accurate computation, was two shillings and four pence farthing, and near the eighth part of one t:
and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria; where the market was kept; the same sort of measure and of money is here used as before; and we learn from hence that a measure of wheat was equal to two of barley.
r Godwin, ut supra. (Moses & Aaron, B. 6. c. 9.) s Of Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 3. p. 86. t lb. c. 4. p. 104, 105.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The division between the chapters is most awkward here. Elisha, in this verse, replies to the king’s challenge in 2 Kings 6:33 - that his God, Yahweh, will give deliverance in the space of a day. On the morrow, by the same time in the day, the famine will have ceased, and food will be even cheaper than usual.
A measure of fine flour - literally, “a seah of fine flour;” about a peck and a half.
For a shekel - About 2 shillings 8 12 d.
Two measures of burley - Or, “two seahs of barley;” about three pecks.
In the gate - The “gates,” or “gateways,” of Eastern towns are favorite places for the despatch of various kinds of business. It would seem that at Samaria one of the gates was used for the grain market.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VII
Elisha foretells abundant relief to the besieged inhabitants
of Samaria, 1.
One of the lords questions the possibility of it; and is
assured that he shall see it on the morrow, but not taste
of it, 2.
Four lepers, perishing with hunger, go to the camp of the
Syrians to seek relief and find it totally deserted, 3-5.
How the Syrians were alarmed, and fled, 6, 7.
The lepers begin to take the spoil, but at last resolve to
carry the good news to the city, 8-11.
The king, suspecting some treachery, sends some horsemen to
scour the country, and see whether the Syrians are not
somewhere concealed; they return, and confirm the report that
the Syrians are totally fled, 12-15.
The people go out and spoil the camp, in consequence of which
provisions become as plentiful as Elisha had foretold, 16.
The unbelieving lord, having the charge of the gate committed
to him, is trodden to death by the crowd, 17-20.
NOTES ON CHAP. VII
Verse 2 Kings 7:1. To-morrow about this time — This was in reply to the desponding language of the king, and to vindicate himself from the charge of being author of this calamity. See the end of the preceding chapter. 2 Kings 6:33.
A measure of fine flour - for a shekel — A seah of fine flour: the seah was about two gallons and a half; the shekel, two shillings and four-pence at the lowest computation. A wide difference between this and the price of the ass's head mentioned above.
