3It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.


In Context

1 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, |Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It shall also come on the land seven years.|

2 The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.

4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, |Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.|

5 It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, |My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.|

2 Kings 8:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:3At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king to beg for her house and land.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to the king for her house, and for her lands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3And 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 to the king for her house and for her land.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house, and for her land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3And 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 to the king for her house and for her land.