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.
Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life, saying, 'Get up and leave with your family, and live wherever you can find a place to stay. The LORD has decided to send a famine, and it will last seven years in this land.'
Elisha is warning the Shunammite woman to flee with her family because God is about to send a seven-year famine to the land.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to the wealthy Shunammite woman whose son Elisha had miraculously raised from the dead earlier in 2 Kings 4. During this period in Israel's history, famines were often seen as divine judgment, and prophets like Elisha would sometimes receive advance warning from God about coming disasters. The seven-year timeframe indicates this would be an especially severe and prolonged period of hardship.
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