What Does 2 Kings 7:18 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The spoken word becomes concrete enough to weigh, buy, and meet at the city gate.
THE MEANING
A spoken promise here has contours precise enough to be weighed: two measures, a shekel, a measure, a shekel. Provision meets hunger in the public gate at a named hour. The word and what people can buy stand together in one scene.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This verse loosens the belief that the market’s present shortage fixes what tomorrow can hold.
THE ROOT
דִּבֶּר
dibber
GROWS FROM
דבר
To speak or declare; this root also yields a word or matter.
The same Hebrew family names both speech and a matter or thing, joining what is spoken with what takes shape. Here, the forecast is paired with quantities people can weigh and buy, so the word stands beside material provision.
ALSO GROWS
davar: A word, matter, or thing.
דָּבָר
It shows that the root’s reach includes both what is said and what is at hand.
dibber: Spoke or declared.
דִּבֶּר
This is the form behind “had spoken,” linking the prediction directly to the measurable grain and prices.
THE PATTERN
A declared word becomes visible through what happens in the material world.
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.THE THREAD
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.This verse places hunger and bread beside the word that proceeds from God’s mouth. The same Hebrew root connects “had spoken” here with “word” there, while both verses hold speech and provision in the same frame.
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