2 Kings 8:2 - The Scriptures 1998

And the woman rose up and did according to the word of the man of Elohim, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines, seven years.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the woman arose and did as the man of God had said. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

So the woman went and did what the man of God asked. She and her household moved away, living in Philistia seven years.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And she rose up, and she acted in accord with the word of the man of God. And going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. And going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

2 Kings 8:2 Cross References

2 Kings 8:1

And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Rise up and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you do sojourn, for יהוה  has called for a scarcity of food, and also, it is coming upon the land for seven years.”

2 Kings 8:3

And it came to be, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. And she went to cry out to the sovereign for her house and for her land.

1 Timothy 5:8

And if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the belief and is worse than an unbeliever.

Judges 3:3

five princes of the Philistines, and all the Kenaʽ