John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 7:1

"And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria." — 2 Kings 7:1 (ASV)

Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord
This he said to the king and those that were with him:

thus says the Lord, tomorrow, about this time ;
which very probably was the forenoon:

shall a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel ;
"a seah", the measure here spoken of, or "saturn", according to some ^F18 , was a gallon and an half; but Bishop Cumberland ^F19 makes it two wine gallons and an half; and a shekel, according to his accurate computation, was two shillings and four pence farthing, and near the eighth part of one {t}:

and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria ;
where the market was kept; the same sort of measure and of money is here used as before; and we learn from hence that a measure of wheat was equal to two of barley.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: Godwin, ut supra. (Moses & Aaron, B. 6. c. 9.)
• F19: Of Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 3. p. 86.