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Elisha said, “Hear the LORD’s word. The LORD says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. A stater. It is the same as a sicle or shekel. Challoner.—As it is in Hebrew and Sept.—Bushel, or “measure,” Bible. above 9 pints.—Gate, where the market place commonly was. Calmet.
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
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