2 Kings 8:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 8:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 8:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:2 — World English Bible
2 Kings 8:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
2 Kings 8:2 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 8:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
2 Kings 8:2 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 8:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the woman rose up, and did according to the saying of the man ofGod, and went, she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. ”
2 Kings 8:2 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 8:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God, and went both shee and her housholde and soiourned in the lande of the Philistims seuen yeeres.”
2 Kings 8:2 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 8:2 in Context — 2 Kings 8
1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 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.
3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
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What Does 2 Kings 8:2 Mean?
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