2 Kings 7:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 7:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 7:4 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 7:4 — KJV
“If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.”
— 2 Kings 7:4 (KJV)
2 Kings 7:4 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 7:4
“And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 7:4: say, into, city
“Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 7:4: say, here, therefore
“And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 7:4: say, still, here
“And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 7:4: say, into, city
“Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 7:4: say, into, here
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