2 Kings 7:17

KJV

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.

— 2 Kings 7:17, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 7 connects to 7 cross-references. Ben-hadad of Aram besieges Samaria, causing severe famine; Elisha predicts that tomorrow food will be abundant and cheap. Four lepers decide to go to the Aramean camp and find it abandoned—God had caused the Arameans to hear sounds of a …

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Other Translations

ASV

And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

YLT

And the king hath appointed the captain, by whose hand he is supported, over the gate, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth, as the man of God spake, which he spake in the coming down of the king unto him,

BBE

And the king gave authority to that captain, on whose arm he was supported, to have control over the doorway into the town; but he was crushed to death there under the feet of the people, as the man of God had said when the king went down to him.

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