2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord ,.... This he said to the king and those that were with him:

thus saith the Lord, tomorrow, about this time ; which very probably was the forenoon:

shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel ; "a seah", the measure here spoken of, or "saturn", according to some F18 Godwin, ut supra. (Moses & Aaron, B. 6. c. 9.) , was a gallon and an half; but Bishop Cumberland F19 Of Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 3. p. 86. makes it two wine gallons and an half; and a shekel, according to his accurate computation, was two shillings and four pence farthing, and near the eighth part of one F20 lb. c. 4. p. 104,105. :

and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria ; where the market was kept; the same sort of measure and of money is here used as before; and we learn from hence that a measure of wheat was equal to two of barley.