2 Kings 7:1-2

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Elisha said, "Hear the word of the LORD: 'Thus says the LORD, "At this time tomorrow a seah of wheat bread flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria.'" ² The personal attendant of the king said to Elisha: "If the LORD could make floodgates in the heavens could this happen?" Elisha replied: "You will see it with your own eyes. But you will not eat from it."

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2 Kings 7:1 Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in Samaria.
2 Kings 7:3 Four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight.
2 Kings 7:12 The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians.
2 Kings 7:17 The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to death in the press.

Elisha said. See on ch.
2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 1:10; Ezekiel 37:4
To-morrow.
2 Kings 7:18; 2 Kings 7:19; Exodus 8:23; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 9:6; Exodus 14:13; Exodus 16:12; Joshua 3:5; 1 Samuel 11:9; Psalms 46:5
a measure of fine flour.A {seah} of flour: the {seah} was about two gallons and a half; the shekel 2s. 4d. at the lowest computation: a wide difference between this and the price of the ass's head.
2 Kings 6:25; Revelation 6:6
of barley.
2 Kings 4:42; John 6:9
in the gate of Samaria.From this it appears that the gates were not only used as courts of judicature, but as market-places. So Mr. Morier observes: "In our rides we usually went out of the town at the {Derwazeh Shah Abdul Azeem,} or the gate leading to the village of Shah Abdul Azeem, where a market was held every morning, particularly of horses, mules, asses, and camels. At about sun-rise, the owners of the animals assemble and exhibit them for sale. But besides, here were sellers of all sorts of goods, in temporary shops and tents: and this, perhaps, will explain the custom alluded to in 2 Ki 7:18."