2 Kings 7:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the people went out, and looted the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley were sold for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    the people wente forth, and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians. And a bu?shel of fyne meell was solde for a Sycle, and two bu?shels of barlye for a Sycle also, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then the people went out and spoyled the campe of the Aramites: so a measure of fine floure was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel according to the word of the Lorde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the people went out, and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians: And so it came to passe that a bushell of fyne flowre was solde for a sicle, and two bushelles of barlye for a sicle, according to the worde of the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was `sold' for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as in the LORD’s message.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
  • Isa 33:4 : 4 Your spoil will be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar; as locusts run to and fro, he will run upon them.
  • Isa 33:23 : 23 Your tackle is loosed; they could not strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then the prey of great plunder is divided, the lame take the prey.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 Who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
  • 2 Chr 14:12-15 : 12 So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar, and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover, for they were destroyed before the LORD and before His army; and they carried away very much spoil. 14 And they struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of the LORD came upon them, and they plundered all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them. 15 They also attacked the tents of cattle and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chr 20:25 : 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
  • Ps 68:12 : 12 Kings of armies did flee quickly: and she who tarried at home divided the spoil.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
  • Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
  • 1 Sam 17:53 : 53 The Israelites returned from chasing after the Philistines and plundered their camp.

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  • 2 Kgs 7:1-2
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    86%

    1Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

    2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.

  • 2 Kgs 7:17-18
    2 verses
    84%

    17And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate: and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

    18And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

  • 2 Kgs 7:10-15
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    10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no one there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

    11And he called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king's house within.

    12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

    13And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even like all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

    14So they took two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

    15And they went after them to the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

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    72%

    5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?

    6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  • 2 Kgs 6:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23And he prepared a great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria did not come any more into the land of Israel.

    24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

    25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

  • 2 Kgs 4:41-42
    2 verses
    71%

    41But he said, Then bring flour. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

    42And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk of it. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

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    70%

    5And they rose up at twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they came to the outermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no one there.

    6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

    7Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

    8And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried away silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried away from there also, and went and hid it.

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    6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see that you do not harm the oil and the wine.

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    68%

    16Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

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    68%

    28Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

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    22And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,

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    2So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.

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    17So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

  • 1 Kgs 17:11-12
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    68%

    11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

    12And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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    7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children live on the rest.

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    26One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

  • Num 7:19
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  • Ezek 45:13
    67%

    13This is the offering that you shall offer; a sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and you shall give a sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley:

  • Exod 9:31
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    14For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.

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    80One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

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