Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for YHWH has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
2 Kings 8:2 - Y'all Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for YHWH has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land.
But anyone who doesn’t provide for their own, especially their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.