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And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/7.htm">New King James Version</a> So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning responded to the man of God and said, “Even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this thing happen?” Then he said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.” <a href="/nasb/2_kings/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, &#8220Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?&#8221 Then he said, &#8220Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold you shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” <a href="/lsb/2_kings/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.” <a href="/amp/2_kings/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the royal officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “If the LORD should make windows in heaven [for the rain], could this thing take place?” Elisha said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but [because you doubt] you will not eat of it.” <a href="/csb/2_kings/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the captain, the king’s right-hand man, responded to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? ” Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it.” <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the captain, the king&#8217s right-hand man, responded to the man of God, &#8220Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?&#8221 Elisha announced, &#8220You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won&#8217t eat any of it.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_kings/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <a href="/cev/2_kings/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The chief officer there with the king replied, "I don't believe it! Even if the LORD sent a rainstorm, it couldn't produce that much grain by tomorrow." "You will see it happen, but you won't eat any of the food," Elisha warned him. <a href="/erv/2_kings/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The servant on whose arm the king was leaning answered the man of God, "Could this happen even if the LORD poured rain through windows in the sky?" Elisha replied, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it." <a href="/gnt/2_kings/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> The personal attendant of the king said to Elisha, "That can't happen--not even if the LORD himself were to send grain at once!" "You will see it happen, but you won't get to eat any of the food," Elisha replied. <a href="/isv/2_kings/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> But the royal attendant on whom the king depended responded to the man of God: "Look here! Even if the LORD were to open a window in the sky, how could this happen?" He replied, "No, you look! You'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat any of it!" <a href="/msb/2_kings/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, ?Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?? ?You will see it with your own eyes,? replied Elisha, ?but you will not eat any of it.? <a href="/net/2_kings/7.htm">NET Bible</a> An officer who was the king's right-hand man responded to the prophet, "Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!" <a href="/nheb/2_kings/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Look, if the LORD made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Look, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it." <a href="/wbt/2_kings/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it. <a href="/web/2_kings/7.htm">World English Bible</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the captain whom the king has, by whose hand he has been supported, answers the man of God and says, “Behold, YHWH is making windows in the heavens—will this thing be?” And he says, “Behold, you are seeing it with your eyes, and you do not eat thereof.” <a href="/ylt/2_kings/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, 'Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be?' and he saith, 'Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.' <a href="/slt/2_kings/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the third, which was to the king leaning upon his hand, will answer the man of God, and say, Behold, Jehovah making lattices in the heavens, will this word be? and he will say, Behold thee seeing with thine eyes, and from thence thou shalt not eat.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make hood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?” And he said, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.” <a href="/nabre/2_kings/7.htm">New American Bible</a> But the adjutant, upon whose arm the king leaned, answered the man of God, “Even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, how could this happen?” Elisha said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “Even if the LORD were to make windows in the sky, could such a thing happen?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat from it.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then the king's aide answered and said, If the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be? And Elisha said to him, Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the man of the King leaning on his hands answered and he said: “If LORD JEHOVAH shall make windows in Heaven, would this result occur?” And he said to him: “Behold, you shall see with your eyes and you shall not eat of it.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.' <a href="/sep/2_kings/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, if the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/7-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/7.htm">The Siege Lifted</a> 1Then 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<a href="/hebrew/7991.htm" title="7991: haš·šā·lîš (Art:: N-ms) -- Or shalowsh; or shalosh; from shalowsh; a triple, i.e. a triangle; also a three-fold measure; also a general of the third rank.">But the officer</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">whose arm</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: lam·me·leḵ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/8172.htm" title="8172: niš·‘ān (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To lean, support oneself. A primitive root; to support one's self.">leaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">answered</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.">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/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Look,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">even if the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">were to make</a> <a href="/hebrew/699.htm" title="699: ’ă·rub·bō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A lattice, window, sluice. Feminine participle passive of 'arab; a lattice; a window, dove-cot, chimney, sluice.">windows</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: baš·šā·ma·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">in heaven,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">could this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hă·yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">really happen?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rō·’eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">“You will see it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">with your own eyes,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">replied Elisha,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nə·ḵāh (Interjection:: 2ms) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">“</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">but you will not eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: ū·miš·šām (Conj-w, Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">any of it.”</a> 3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/18-12.htm">Genesis 18:12-14</a> So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?” / And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’ / Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.” <a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Numbers 11:21-23</a> But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ / If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” / The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.” <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a> “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. <a href="/matthew/19-26.htm">Matthew 19:26</a> Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” <a href="/luke/1-18.htm">Luke 1:18-20</a> “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.” / “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. / And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.” <a href="/luke/1-34.htm">Luke 1:34-37</a> “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” / The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. / Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month. ... <a href="/john/20-24.htm">John 20:24-29</a> Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. / So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.” / Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” ... <a href="/mark/9-23.htm">Mark 9:23</a> “If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!” <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Romans 4:19-21</a> Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb. / Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, / being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised. <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a> And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. <a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3-4</a> “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” / Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. <a href="/psalms/78-19.htm">Psalm 78:19-20</a> They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?” <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a> “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! <a href="/jeremiah/32-27.htm">Jeremiah 32:27</a> “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me? <a href="/job/42-2.htm">Job 42:2</a> “I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.a lord, etc.<a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">2 Kings 5:18</a> In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.if the Lord<a href="/genesis/18-12.htm">Genesis 18:12-14</a> Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? … <a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Numbers 11:21-23</a> And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month… <a href="/psalms/78-19.htm">Psalm 78:19-21,41</a> Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? … windows<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a> In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.<a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a> Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.thou shalt see it<a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">2 Kings 7:17-20</a> And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him… <a href="/deuteronomy/3-27.htm">Deuteronomy 3:27</a> Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.<a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">2 Chronicles 20:20</a> And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-29.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-11.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/judges/16-29.htm">Leaned</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-11.htm">Officer</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-30.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-44.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-5.htm">Windows</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Captain</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-8.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Leaned</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Officer</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Windows</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 7</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in Samaria</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm">four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight</a> 12. <a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm">The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians.</a> 17. <a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm">The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty is trampled in the press</a> </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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The officer is likely a high-ranking official or advisor to the king, possibly the captain of the guard. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, such positions were often held by those who had proven their loyalty and competence. The phrase "on whose arm the king leaned" suggests a close relationship, indicating that the king relied on this officer for support and counsel. This reflects the hierarchical structure of ancient monarchies, where the king's inner circle held significant influence.answered the man of God The "man of God" refers to Elisha, a prominent prophet in Israel. Prophets were seen as messengers of God, delivering divine revelations and guidance. Elisha's role as a prophet is well-documented in the biblical narrative, where he performs miracles and provides counsel to kings. The officer's response to Elisha highlights a common theme in scripture: the tension between human skepticism and divine promise. Prophets often faced disbelief and opposition, even from those in positions of power.“Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” This statement reflects skepticism and doubt. The officer questions the possibility of divine intervention in a dire situation. The reference to "windows in heaven" is a metaphorical expression, suggesting an outpouring of abundance from God. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a>, where God promises to "open the windows of heaven" and pour out blessings. The officer's doubt contrasts with the biblical theme of God's ability to provide miraculously, as seen in the provision of manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16) and the feeding of the 5,000 (<a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Matthew 14:13-21</a>).“You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha Elisha's response is a prophetic declaration. He asserts that the officer will witness the fulfillment of God's promise, emphasizing the certainty of divine action. This statement underscores the biblical principle that God's word is trustworthy and will come to pass, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a>, where God's word is described as accomplishing its purpose. The phrase also foreshadows the officer's fate, highlighting the consequences of disbelief.“but you will not eat any of it.” This part of Elisha's prophecy serves as a warning and a judgment. The officer's skepticism leads to a personal consequence: he will see the fulfillment of the prophecy but will not partake in its benefits. This outcome is a recurring biblical theme, where disbelief and disobedience result in missed blessings, as seen in the story of Moses, who saw the Promised Land but was not allowed to enter (<a href="/deuteronomy/34-4.htm">Deuteronomy 34:4</a>). The officer's fate serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of faith and trust in God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a> A prophet of God who succeeded Elijah and performed many miracles. In this passage, he delivers a prophecy of hope during a time of famine. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_officer.htm">The Officer</a> A royal officer who doubted Elisha's prophecy. His skepticism represents a lack of faith in God's power and promises. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_king_of_israel.htm">The King of Israel</a> Though not directly mentioned in this verse, he is the ruler during this time of famine and siege, relying on his officer for counsel. 4. <a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a> The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which was under siege by the Arameans, leading to severe famine. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_arameans.htm">The Arameans</a> The enemy army besieging Samaria, causing the dire circumstances that set the stage for Elisha's prophecy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_doubt.htm">The Danger of Doubt</a> Doubt can blind us to God's power and promises. The officer's skepticism serves as a warning against allowing doubt to overshadow faith. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_provision.htm">Faith in God's Provision</a> Even in dire circumstances, we are called to trust in God's ability to provide and deliver, as Elisha prophesied against all odds. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unbelief.htm">The Consequences of Unbelief</a> The officer's fate—seeing but not partaking—illustrates the spiritual truth that unbelief can lead to missing out on God's blessings. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> This passage reminds us of God's ultimate control over all situations, encouraging believers to trust in His timing and methods. <a href="/topical/p/prophetic_fulfillment.htm">Prophetic Fulfillment</a> Elisha's prophecy and its fulfillment underscore the reliability of God's word, encouraging believers to hold fast to biblical promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 7</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'open_heaven's_windows'_mean.htm">What does "open the windows of heaven" mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_'windows_of_heaven'.htm">What are the "windows of heaven"?</a> <a href="/q/2_kings_7_1__famine_to_feast_in_24_hours.htm">2 Kings 7:1 — How can a city under severe famine suddenly have an abundance of food within 24 hours? </a> <a href="/q/explain_elisha's_prophecy_fulfillment..htm">2 Kings 7:19-20 -- How do we reconcile the exact fulfillment of Elisha's prophecy about the officer's death without invoking the supernatural?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Then a lord.--And the adjutant (shalish: comp. <a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm" title="These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.">2Samuel 23:8</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm" title="But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.">1Kings 9:22</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm" title="And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.">1Chronicles 11:11</a>), or aide-de-camp or esquire (equerry).On whose hand . . . leaned.--Comp. the similar expression in reference to Naaman (<a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm" title="In this thing the LORD pardon your servant, that when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this thing.">2Kings 5:18</a>).Leaned.--Was leaning.Behold, if the Lord . . . this thing be?--This may be correct. Even granting the very unlikely supposition that Jehovah is about to make windows (<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm" title="In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.">Genesis 7:11</a>) in the sky, to rain down supplies through them, the promised cheapness of provisions can hardly ensue so soon. Or we may render, "Behold, Jehovah is going to make windows in the sky [i.e., to pour down provisions upon us]. Can this thing come to pass?" In any case, the tone is that of scoffing unbelief. Reuss renders, with French point, "Voyez donc. Iaheweh en fera pleuvoir! Est ce que c'est chose possible?" . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned; rather, the lord, or the captain, as the word שׁלישׁ is commonly translated (<a href="/exodus/14-7.htm">Exodus 14:7</a>; <a href="/exodus/15-4.htm">Exodus 15:4</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/23-8.htm">2 Samuel 23:8</a>; <a href="/1_kings/9-22.htm">1 Kings 9:22</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">2 Kings 9:25</a>; <a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">2 Kings 10:25</a>; <a href="/2_kings/15-25.htm">2 Kings 15:25</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/11-11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:11</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/12-18.htm">1 Chronicles 12:18</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/8-9.htm">2 Chronicles 8:9</a>). (For the habit of kings to lean on the hand of an attendant, see above, <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">2 Kings 5:18</a>.) Answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? The king makes no reply; he waits for the result. But the officer on whose arm he leans is not so reticent. Utterly incredulous, he expresses his incredulity in a scoffing way: "Could this possibly be, even if God were to 'make windows in heaven,' as he did at the time of the Flood (<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a>), and pour through them, instead of rain, as then, a continual shower of fine meal and corn?" Disbelief is expressed, not only in the prophetic veracity of Elisha, but in the power of God. Hence Elisha's stern reply. And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. At once a threat and a warning. If the thing was to be, and the lord to see it and yet not profit by it, the only reasonable conclusion was that his death was imminent. He was thus warned, and given time to "set his house in order," and to repent and make his peace with the Almighty. Whether he took advantage of the warning, or even understood it, we are not told. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/7-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But the officer הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ (haš·šā·lîš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7991.htm">Strong's 7991: </a> A triple, a triangle, a three-fold measure, a general of the third rank on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against whose arm יָד֜וֹ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand the king לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king leaned נִשְׁעָ֨ן (niš·‘ān) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8172.htm">Strong's 8172: </a> To lean, support oneself answered וַיַּ֣עַן (way·ya·‘an) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond the man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God, הָאֱלֹהִים֮ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative “Look, הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! even if the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel were to make עֹשֶׂ֤ה (‘ō·śeh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make windows אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ (’ă·rub·bō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_699.htm">Strong's 699: </a> A lattice, a window, dovecot, chimney, sluice in heaven, בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם (baš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky could this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that really happen?” הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה (hă·yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be “You will see [it] רֹאֶה֙ (rō·’eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see with your own eyes,” בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain replied [Elisha], וַיֹּאמַר֒ (way·yō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “but you will not eat תֹאכֵֽל׃ (ṯō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat any of it.” וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (ū·miš·šām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 7:2 Then the captain on whose hand (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 7:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 7:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 7:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 7:3" /></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>