KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
After seven years had passed, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines. She went to appeal to the king to get back her house and her land.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The woman returned from her seven-year exile and petitioned the king to restore her property that she had left behind.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to the Shunammite woman whose son Elisha had raised from the dead. Following Elisha's warning of a coming famine, she had taken her family to live in Philistine territory for seven years. Now that the famine was over, she returned to find her property occupied by others and needed the king's intervention to reclaim it.
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