2 Kings 8:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

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  • Judg 3:3 : 3 Namely, five rulers of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baalhermon to the entrance of Hamath.
  • 1 Sam 27:1-3 : 1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should quickly escape into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will despair of me, to seek me any longer in any territory of Israel. Thus I will escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's wife.
  • 1 Tim 5:8 : 8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:3-7
    5 verses
    89%

    3And it happened at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went to plead to the king for her house and for her land.

    4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me, I beg you, all the great things that Elisha has done."

    5And it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

    6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now."

    7And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here."

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    88%

    1Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

  • 2 Kgs 4:5-9
    5 verses
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    5So she went from him, and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

    6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stopped.

    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.

    8And it happened one day, that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.

    9And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

  • 1 Kgs 17:15
    75%

    15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, ate many days.

  • 2 Kgs 4:12-18
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    73%

    12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

    13And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? Would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.

    14And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old.

    15And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

    16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.

    17And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.

    18And when the child was grown, it happened one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

  • 2 Kgs 4:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.

    37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

  • 2 Kgs 4:30
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    30And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her.

  • 1 Kgs 17:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

    9Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.

    10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.

    2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21-25
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    21And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

    22And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

    23And he said, Why will you go to him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

    24Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; do not slacken your pace for me, unless I tell you.

    25So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

  • Ruth 1:6-7
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    6Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, to return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

    7Therefore she went out from where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

    18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?

  • 2 Kgs 4:27
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    27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

  • 1 Sam 6:1
    69%

    1And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 2 Kgs 5:2
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    2And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had taken captive from the land of Israel a little maid; and she served Naaman's wife.

  • 2 Sam 14:8
    69%

    8And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.

  • Ruth 1:18
    69%

    18When she saw that she was determined to go with her, then she stopped speaking to her.

  • 2 Kgs 5:4
    69%

    4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid who is from the land of Israel.

  • Judg 11:38
    68%

    38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

  • 1 Sam 1:18
    68%

    18And she said, Let your maidservant find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no longer sad.

  • Judg 13:6
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    6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very awesome: but I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name:

  • Josh 2:16
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    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers return: and afterward you may go your way.

  • 2 Kgs 2:1-2
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    68%

    1And it happened that when the LORD was about to take Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

    2And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

  • 1 Sam 7:7
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    7And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

  • 1 Kgs 17:24
    67%

    24And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.