2 Kings 8 · Verse 2

2 Kings 8:2

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
2 Kings 8:2, King James Version

2 Kings 8:2 in other translations

BSBSo the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
WEBThe woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
ASVAnd the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
YLTAnd the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.
DARBYAnd the woman rose up, and did according to the saying of the man of God, and went, she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
BBESo the woman got up and did as the man of God said; and she and the people of her house were living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
WebsterAnd the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

What does 2 Kings 8:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. she ... sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years--Their territory was recommended to her from its contiguity to her usual residence; and now that this state had been so greatly reduced, there was less risk than formerly from the seductions of idolatry; and many of the Jews and Israelites were residing there. Besides, an emigration thither was less offensive to the king of Israel than going to sojourn in Judah.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 8:1-6

The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the care taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may do so. When the famine was over, she returned out of the land of the Philistines; that was no proper place for an Israelite, any longer than there was necessity for it. Time was when she dwelt so securely among her own…

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2 Kings 8:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַתָּ֙קָם֙va.Ta.komand she aroseH6965
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
וַתַּ֕עַשׂva.Ta.'asand she didH6213
כִּדְבַ֖רkid.Varaccording to [the] word ofH1697
אִ֣ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וַתֵּ֤לֶךְva.Te.lekhand she wentH1980
הִיא֙hi'sheH1931
וּבֵיתָ֔הּu.vei.Tahand household herH1004
וַתָּ֥גָרva.Ta.gorand she sojournedH1481
בְּאֶֽרֶץ\־be.'e.retz-in [the] land ofH776
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
שָׁנִֽים\׃sha.NimyearsH8141

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 8:2

  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

  • 1 Samuel 27:1-3

    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 speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.

  • Judges 3:3

    Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal–hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 8:1

    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  • 2 Kings 8:2

    And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

  • 2 Kings 8:3

    And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

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2 Kings 8:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces la mujer se levantó, é hizo como el varón de Dios le dijo: y partióse ella con su familia, y vivió en tierra de los Filisteos siete años.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la femme se leva et fit selon la parole de l’homme de Dieu, et s’en alla, elle et sa maison, et séjourna au pays des Philistins sept ans.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Weib machte sich auf und tat nach dem Worte des Mannes Gottes: sie ging hin, sie und ihr Haus, und weilte in dem Lande der Philister sieben Jahre.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quæ surrexit, et fecit juxta verbum hominis Dei: et vadens cum domo sua, peregrinata est in terra Philisthiim diebus multis.