It happened like that to him; for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.
Parallel translations
- KJV And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
- BSB And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
- NKJV And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
- NASB And this is what happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.
- NLT And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!
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Quick answer
The officer dies trampled in the gate, fulfilling Elisha's word exactly. Unbelief reaps the loss it was warned of.
Overview
The closing verse confirms that the scoffing captain perished as foretold, seeing the abundance but never partaking. The precise fulfillment seals the chapter's testimony to the certainty of God's word. It stands as a sober warning that doubting the Lord's promise brings judgment. The deliverance of the many is matched by the just end of the unbeliever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Heb 3:18–19To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
- Num 20:12Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”
- Isa 7:9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
- Jer 17:5–6Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
- 2 Chr 20:20They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
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Christ at the center
Amid the long decline toward exile, the promise to David's house refuses to die; the flickering lamp kept burning anticipates the coming King who will not fail or be cut off.
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