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2 Kings 7:1

Then 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.’”

2 Kings 7:1 BSB
  1. a A seah is approximately 6.6 dry quarts or 7.3 liters (probably about 8.2 pounds or 3.7 kilograms of flour); here and in verses 16 and 18.
  2. b A shekel is approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams, probably of silver; here and in verses 16 and 18.
  3. c 2 seahs is approximately 13.2 dry quarts or 14.6 liters (probably about 19.3 pounds or 8.8 kilograms of barley); here and in verses 16 and 18.

2 Kings 7:1 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 3:5 (25 votes) and Exodus 16:12 (19 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 12 to Revelation 6.

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Which verses does 2 Kings 7:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Joshua 3:525 votes

    Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

  2. Exodus 16:1219 votes

    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

  3. Ezekiel 37:413 votes

    And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

  4. 1 Samuel 11:911 votes

    So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

  5. Exodus 9:5–610 votes

    The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

  6. Exodus 14:1310 votes

    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

  7. Psalm 46:59 votes

    God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

  8. Exodus 8:237 votes

    I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

  9. 2 Kings 20:166 votes

    Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:

  10. 2 Kings 4:425 votes

    Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

  11. 2 Kings 6:255 votes

    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

  12. Revelation 6:65 votes
  13. John 6:94 votes
  14. 2 Kings 6:333 votes

    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

  15. 2 Kings 7:18–193 votes

    It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.” And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

  16. Isaiah 1:101 vote
  17. 1 Kings 22:190 votes

Which verses point to 2 Kings 7:1?

The 10 strongest of 14.