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 the LORD has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
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2 Kings 8:1 in context
2 Kings 8:1–4
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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 the LORD has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
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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.
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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.
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Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
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