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2 Kings 7:20
2 Kings 7:20 is verse 20 of 2 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
King James Version
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
World English Bible
It happened like that to him, for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.
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2 Kings 7:18–20 · Berean Standard Bible
18 It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
19 And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
20 And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 20:12But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Job 20:23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
Isaiah 7:9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:6He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Hebrews 3:19So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.