2 Kings 7:20

Modern

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Traditional

And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

Literal

And so it came to pass to him thus, and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

Latin

Evenit ergo ei sicut prædictum fuerat, et conculcavit eum populus in porta, et mortuus est.

Hebrew

English

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Repeating Elisha's earlier talk with Joram's officer highlights how the prophecy came true exactly as predicted.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 20:23
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
Jeremiah 17:5–6
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
Hebrews 3:18–19
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Isaiah 7:9
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”
2 Chronicles 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Numbers 20:12
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”