2 Kings 7:16
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the Lord’s word.
Note 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- spoiled the tents
- 1 Samuel 17:53; 2 Chronicles 14:12–15; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Job 27:16, 17; Psalm 68:12; Isaiah 33:1, 4, 23
- according to
- 2 Kings 7:1; Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 44:26; Matthew 24:35