Passage Research
2 Kings 7 — Sermon Preparation
Four lepers discover the Aramean camp abandoned after God causes the sound of a great army; Samaria's famine is relieved overnight just as Elisha predicted. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 408 / 140
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 13
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַחֲנֶה | machăneh | H4264 | 10 | encampment, army |
| אֲרָם | ʼĂrâm | H758 | 9 | Aram, Syria |
| סְאָה | çᵉʼâh | H5429 | 6 | seah, determinative |
| שֶׁקֶל | sheqel | H8255 | 6 | weight |
| מוּת | mûwth | H4191 | 7 | die, kill |
| שַׁעַר | shaʻar | H8179 | 6 | opening, door |
| סוּס | çûwç | H5483 | 5 | horse, swallow |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here see the wants of Israel supplied in a way they little thought of, which should encourage us to depend upon the power and goodness of God in our greatest straits. God's promise may be safely relied on, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. The nobleman that questioned the truth of Elisha's word, saw the plenty, to silence and shame his unbelief, and therein saw his own folly; but he did not eat of the plenty he saw. Justly do those find the world's promises fail them, who think that the promises of God will disappoint them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 7:12–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Samaria 1— 2 Kgs 7:1
- Jordan— 2 Kgs 7:15
- Syria 1— 2 Kgs 7:5
- Egypt— 2 Kgs 7:6
Need the complete sermon prep report on this passage?
Greek exegesis, historical background, current scholarship, sermon outlines, illustrations — a complete PDF report on 2 Kings 7, delivered within 24 hours.