2 Kings 8:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So 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.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

The 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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And 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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Kings 8

¹ Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

² So 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.

³ At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

⁴ Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

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