2 Kings 7:18Easy To Read VersionElisha had said, “A person will be able to buy a basket [89] of fine flour or two baskets [90] of barley for only one shekel [91] in the market place by the city gates of Samaria.” See the chapter |
The king sent a messenger to Elisha. Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders (leaders) were sitting with him. Before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Look, that son of a murderer {(the king of Israel) is sending men to cut off my head! When the messenger arrives, shut the door! Hold the door and don’t let him in! I hear the sound of his master’s feet coming behind him!”