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2 Kings 8:2

FaithObedience

1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

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BSB
So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
KJV
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
WEB
The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
ASV
And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
DARBY
And the woman rose up, and did according to the saying of the man of God, and went, she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
BLB
And the woman arose, and she did according to the word of the man of God, and she went, she and her house, and she sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
ÅB
Og kvinnen gjorde seg rede og gjorde etter den Guds manns ord; hun dro bort med hele sitt hus og oppholdt seg som fremmed i filistrenes land i syv år.
OTB
Så kvinnen sto opp og handlet i samsvar med ordet fra Guds mann, og dro med sitt husfolk og ble i filisternes land i syv år.
B1930
Og kvinnen gjorde sig rede og gjorde efter den Guds manns ord; hun drog bort med hele sitt hus og opholdt sig som fremmed i filistrenes land i syv år.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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  • 1 Samuel 27:1–3

    And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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  • Judges 3:3

    Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.

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