2 Kings 7:20
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
2 Kings 7:20 in other translations
| BSB | And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died. |
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| WEB | It happened like that to him, for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died. |
| ASV | it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died. |
| YLT | and it cometh to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth. |
| DARBY | And so it happened to him; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died. |
| BBE | And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town. |
| Webster | And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died. |
What does 2 Kings 7:20 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…
2 Kings 7:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 7:20
- Numbers 20:12
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
- Hebrews 3:18-19
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
- Isaiah 7:9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
- Jeremiah 17:5-6
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
- Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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Context
- 2 Kings 7:19
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
- 2 Kings 7:20
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
2 Kings 7:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vínole así; porque el pueblo le atropelló á la entrada, y murió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il lui en arriva ainsi: le peuple le foula aux pieds dans la porte, et il mourut. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah ihm also: das Volk zertrat ihn im Tore, und er starb. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Evenit ergo ei sicut prædictum fuerat, et conculcavit eum populus in porta, et mortuus est. |