Tanach
Melachim II 8:1-4 מלכים ב ח׳:א׳-ד׳
Part of: Chapter 8
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וֶאֱלִישָׁע דִּבֶּר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָה אֶת־בְּנָהּ לֵאמֹר קוּמִי וּלְכִי (אתי) [אַתְּ] וּבֵיתֵךְ וְגוּרִי בַּאֲשֶׁר תָּגוּרִי כִּֽי־קָרָא יְהֹוָה לָרָעָב וְגַם־בָּא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים׃
Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wherever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years.
Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wherever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years.
Rashi
כי קרא ה' לרעב. הוא הרעב אשר היה בימי יואל בן פתואל:
For Adonoy has proclaimed a famine. This is the hunger during the days of Yoel the son of Pesuel.2See Yoel Chapter 1 and Maseches Taanis 5a.
וַתָּקׇם הָאִשָּׁה וַתַּעַשׂ כִּדְבַר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וַתֵּלֶךְ הִיא וּבֵיתָהּ וַתָּגׇר בְּאֶרֶץ־פְּלִשְׁתִּים שֶׁבַע שָׁנִֽים׃
And the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Pelishtim for seven years.
And the woman arose, and did according to the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Pelishtim for seven years.
וַיְהִי מִקְצֵה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וַתָּשׇׁב הָאִשָּׁה מֵאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַתֵּצֵא לִצְעֹק אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־שָׂדָֽהּ׃
And it came to pass at the end of seven years; that the woman returned out of the land of the Pelishtim: and she went out to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
And it came to pass at the end of seven years; that the woman returned out of the land of the Pelishtim: and she went out to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
Rashi
אל ביתה ואל שדה. שהחזיקו בה גזלנים:
About her house and her field. Which robbers had occupied.3She had abandoned her estate for seven years and strangers had occupied it in the meantime.
וְהַמֶּלֶךְ מְדַבֵּר אֶל־גֵּחֲזִי נַעַר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר סַפְּרָה־נָּא לִי אֵת כׇּל־הַגְּדֹלוֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ {ס}
And the king talked with Geĥazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha has done.
And the king talked with Geĥazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha has done.
ואלישע דבר אל האשה. זה שבע שנים:
Elisha spoke to the woman. Seven years [before].1I.e., seven years before the incident described in this chapter. See above, 4:8-37.