And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
The king put the officer who was his right-hand man in charge of the city gate. But the people trampled him to death at the gate, just as God's prophet had predicted when the king came to see him.
This verse shows that God's prophecy came true exactly as predicted - the doubting official who didn't believe God could provide food was trampled to death at the gate.
📚 Historical Context
In the midst of a severe famine in Samaria during a siege by the Arameans, the prophet Elisha had prophesied that food prices would drop dramatically the next day, which seemed impossible to many. The king's officer, who had doubted Elisha's word, was appointed to oversee the gate, but Elisha predicted he would not benefit from the abundance. When the prophecy came true and crowds rushed to the gates for food, the officer was trampled to death, fulfilling the prophet's warning.
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