2 Kings 7 · Verse 16

2 Kings 7:16

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.
2 Kings 7:16, King James Version

2 Kings 7:16 in other translations

BSBThen the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
WEBThe people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the LORD’s word.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
BBEThen 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.
WebsterAnd the people went out, and plundered 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.

What does 2 Kings 7:16 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 7:12-20

Here see the wants of Israel supplied in a way they little thought of, which should encourage us to depend upon the power and goodness of God in our greatest straits. God's promise may be safely relied on, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. The nobleman that questioned the truth of Elisha's word, saw the plenty, to silence and shame his unbelief, and therein saw his own folly; but he did not eat of the…

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2 Kings 7:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and it went outH3318
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיָּבֹ֕זּוּvai.ya.Vo.zuand they plunderedH962
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758
וַיְהִ֨יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
סְאָה\־se.'ah-a seah ofH5429
סֹ֜לֶתSo.letfine flourH5560
בְּשֶׁ֗קֶלbe.She.kelfor a shekelH8255
וְסָאתַ֧יִםve.sa.Ta.yimand two seahsH5429
שְׂעֹרִ֛יםse.'o.Rimbarley<s>H8184
בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלbe.She.kelfor a shekelH8255
כִּדְבַ֥רkid.Varaccording to [the] word ofH1697
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for 2 Kings 7:16

  • 2 Kings 7:1

    Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

  • Isaiah 33:4

    And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

  • Isaiah 33:23

    Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

  • Job 27:16-17

    Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  • Psalms 68:12

    Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

  • Isaiah 33:1

    Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

  • Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

  • Isaiah 44:26

    That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

  • 2 Chronicles 14:12-15

    So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Samuel 17:53

    And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

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spoiled the tents.
1Sa 17:53; 2Ch 14:12-15; 20:25; Job 27:16,17; Ps 68:12
Isa 33:1,4,23
according to.
1; Nu 23:19; Isa 44:26; Mt 24:35

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Context

  • 2 Kings 7:15

    And they went after them unto 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.

  • 2 Kings 7:16

    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.

  • 2 Kings 7:17

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

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2 Kings 7:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces el pueblo salió, y saquearon el campo de los Siros. Y fué vendido un seah de flor de harina por un siclo, y dos seah de cebada por un siclo, conforme á la palabra de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le peuple sortit, et pilla le camp des Syriens: et la mesure de fleur de farine fut à un sicle, et les deux mesures d’orge à un sicle, selon la parole de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da ging das Volk hinaus und plünderte das Lager der Syrer; und es galt ein Maß Feinmehl einen Sekel, und zwei Maß Gerste einen Sekel nach dem Worte Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et egressus populus diripuit castra Syriæ: factusque est modius similæ statere uno, et duo modii hordei statere uno, juxta verbum Domini.