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She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So the woman did as the man of God instructed. She took her family and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the woman arose and acted in accordance with the word of the man of God: she went with her household and resided in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the woman set out and did everything in accordance with the word of the man of God. She and her household went and stayed temporarily as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident aliens in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The woman did exactly what Elisha had said and went to live in Philistine territory. She and her family lived there seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The woman did what the man of God told her. She and her family went to live in Philistine territory for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She had followed his instructions and had gone with her family to live in Philistia for the seven years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So the woman followed the instructions given to her by the man of God, and she went to the territory of the Philistines to live for seven years with her household. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the woman rises, and does according to the word of the man of God, and goes, she and her household, and sojourns in the land of the Philistines [for] seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the woman will rise and will do according to the word of the man of God: and will go, she and her house, and she will sojourn in the land of the rovers seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The woman got ready and did as the man of God said, setting out with her household, and living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So the woman arose and did according to the word of the prophet of God; and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the woman arose and she did according to the word of the Prophet of God, and she went, she and the children of her house, and she dwelt in the land of the Philistines for seven years.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/8-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2497" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">The Shunammite's Land Restored</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>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 a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.” <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: hā·’iš·šāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">So the woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wat·tā·qām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">had proceeded</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wat·ta·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to do</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">as the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wat·tê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: kiḏ·ḇar (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">had instructed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">And she</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ū·ḇê·ṯāh (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">and her household</a> <a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: wat·tā·ḡār (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">lived as foreigners</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/6430.htm" title="6430: pə·liš·tîm (N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Philistia. Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth.">of the Philistines.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-35.htm">2 Kings 4:35-37</a></span><br />Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. / Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.” / She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-10</a></span><br />One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">2 Kings 4:32-34</a></span><br />When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed. / So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. / Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-11.htm">2 Kings 4:11-17</a></span><br />One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down. / And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him, / and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">2 Kings 4:18-21</a></span><br />And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters. / “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” / After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-22.htm">2 Kings 4:22-26</a></span><br />And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.” / “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said. / Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27-31</a></span><br />When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.” / Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’” / So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Genesis 12:10</a></span><br />Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Genesis 26:1</a></span><br />Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ruth/1-1.htm">Ruth 1:1</a></span><br />In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/11-28.htm">Acts 11:28-29</a></span><br />One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.) / So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-11.htm">Acts 7:11</a></span><br />Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13-15</a></span><br />When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25-26</a></span><br />But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. / Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17</a></span><br />Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">with</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/5-8.htm">1 Timothy 5:8</a></b></br> But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.</p><p class="hdg">land</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a></b></br> <i>Namely</i>, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/27-1.htm">1 Samuel 27:1-3</a></b></br> And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: <i>there is</i> nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">Household</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-23.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-15.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/judges/19-16.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/joshua/20-9.htm">Sojourneth</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-16.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">Family</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-5.htm">Household</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-3.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">Proceeded</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-6.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-3.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-9.htm">Sojourned</a> <a href="/ezra/1-4.htm">Sojourneth</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the famine, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land restored by the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm">Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad and succeeds him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-16.htm">Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">Edom and Libnah revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-23.htm">Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-25.htm">Ahaziah's wicked reign</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Her obedience to Elisha's instruction demonstrates her faith and trust in God's prophetic word. This act of obedience is reminiscent of other biblical figures who followed divine instructions, such as Noah building the ark (<a href="/genesis/6-22.htm">Genesis 6:22</a>) and Abraham leaving his homeland (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-4</a>). The phrase underscores the importance of heeding God's guidance through His prophets, a recurring theme in the Old Testament.<p><b>And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years</b><br>Living as foreigners implies a significant disruption to their lives, as they had to leave their homeland and adapt to a new culture and environment. The number seven often symbolizes completeness or divine perfection in the Bible, suggesting that this period was divinely appointed. This experience of living in a foreign land can be compared to the Israelites' sojourn in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/1.htm">Exodus 1:1-14</a>) and later in Babylon (<a href="/jeremiah/29-4.htm">Jeremiah 29:4-7</a>), where they were called to maintain their faith and identity amidst foreign influences.<p><b>in the land of the Philistines.</b><br>The Philistines were a significant group in the ancient Near East, often in conflict with Israel. Their territory was located along the coastal plain of what is now modern-day Israel and Gaza. The choice of the Philistine land as a place of refuge is notable, as it was traditionally an enemy territory. This situation highlights God's sovereignty in providing for His people even in unexpected places. It also foreshadows the New Testament theme of God's people being in the world but not of it (<a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14-16</a>), living as sojourners and exiles (<a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman.htm">The Woman</a></b><br>This refers to the Shunammite woman who had previously shown hospitality to Elisha and whose son was miraculously restored to life by him.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man_of_god.htm">The Man of God</a></b><br>Elisha, the prophet, who had a significant role in the lives of the people of Israel, providing guidance and performing miracles.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_the_philistines.htm">The Land of the Philistines</a></b><br>A region outside of Israel, often at odds with the Israelites, where the woman and her household sought refuge during the famine.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_famine.htm">The Famine</a></b><br>A divinely ordained period of scarcity that affected the land, prompting the woman to leave her home.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_household.htm">The Household</a></b><br>The family and servants of the Shunammite woman who accompanied her to the land of the Philistines.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_word.htm">Obedience to God’s Word</a></b><br>The Shunammite woman's immediate compliance with Elisha's instruction exemplifies the importance of trusting and obeying God's guidance, even when it requires significant life changes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_times_of_need.htm">God’s Provision in Times of Need</a></b><br>Just as God provided for the Shunammite woman during the famine, He remains faithful to provide for His people in times of need, often in unexpected ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The woman's faith is demonstrated through her actions. True faith often requires us to step out of our comfort zones and trust in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Elisha's role as a prophet underscores the importance of spiritual leaders who guide and instruct God's people according to His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/temporary_displacement_for_greater_good.htm">Temporary Displacement for Greater Good</a></b><br>Sometimes God allows temporary discomfort or displacement to achieve a greater purpose in our lives, teaching us reliance on Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jehoram's_reign_fit_with_other_accounts.htm">In 2 Kings 8:16-19, how does Jehoram's reign fit with other biblical accounts that describe conflicting details about Judah's kings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jehoiachin's_reign_duration.htm">How long did Jehoiachin reign? (2 Kings 24:8 vs. 2 Chronicles 36:9)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_deut._12_30-31_with_2_kings_16.htm">In Deuteronomy 12:30-31, how can the warning against adopting pagan rites be reconciled with other passages (e.g., 2 Kings 16:10-15) where Israelite leaders incorporated foreign practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_did_king_baasha_die.htm">In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die? Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">After the saying.</span>--<span class= "ital">According to the word.</span><span class= "bld"><p>In the land of the Philistines.</span>--The lowlands of the coast were not so subject to droughts as the limestone highlands of Israel. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm" title="And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.">Genesis 12:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/26-1.htm" title="And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.">Genesis 26:1</a>.) The Philistines, besides, dealt with foreign traders who put in to their shores. (Comp. <a href="/context/joel/3-4.htm" title="Yes, and what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will you render me a recompense? and if you recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own head;">Joel 3:4-6</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God.</span> It is a satisfaction to find that there was yet faith in Israel. There were still those to whom the prophet was the mouthpiece of God, who waited on his words, and accepted them as Divine commands whereto they were ready to render immediate and entire obedience. It is conjectured by some that the woman had become a widow, and fallen into comparative poverty; but the narrative gives no indication of this. Even opulent persons have to migrate in times of severe dearth. <span class="cmt_word">And she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the philistines.</span> Philistia was a great grain country (<a href="/judges/15-5.htm">Judges 15:5</a>), and, though not altogether exempt from famine, was less exposed to it than either Judaea or Samaria. The soil was exceedingly fertile, and the vapors from the Mediterranean descended upon it in clews and showers, when their beneficial influence was not felt further inland. The Shunammite may have had other reasons for fixing her residence in the Philistine country; but probably she was chiefly determined in her choice by its proximity and its productiveness. Seven years. As long, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, as the famine lasted (see the last clause of ver. 1). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/8-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the woman</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">got ready</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּ֙קָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·qām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and did</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֕עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had instructed.</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּדְבַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(kiḏ·ḇar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">She</span><br /><span class="heb">הִיא֙</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and her household</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֵיתָ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇê·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lived as foreigners</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּ֥גָר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·ḡār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֥בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶֽרֶץ־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Philistines.</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(pə·liš·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6430.htm">Strong's 6430: </a> </span><span class="str2">Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/8-2.htm">2 Kings 8:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/8-2.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 8:2 The woman arose and did according (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 8:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/8-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 8:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>