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2 Kings 7:16

Then 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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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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2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”Isaiah 33:4Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.Isaiah 33:23Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.2 Chronicles 14:14and attacked all the cities around Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They plundered all the cities, since there was much plunder there.1 Samuel 17:53When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.Psalms 68:12“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,2 Chronicles 14:12–15So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.Isaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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