2 Kings 7:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then When things were at the worst; when all help and relief were despaired of, and the king was impatient of waiting any longer; said Elisha To the king, who was now come to him, (2 Kings 7:18,) and to his courtiers, who were come with him, 2 Kings 7:2. Hear ye the word of the Lord Hear what he saith; hear it, and believe it. Thus saith the Lord He whom you have so highly offended, and at present despise and refuse to wait upon, or wait for, any longer; He, I say, of his own mere grace and bounty, hath sent you glad tidings of your deliverance. To-morrow shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel The Hebrew סאה, seah, which is rendered a measure here, implies a quantity equal to six cabs, or a peck, or, according to some, a peck and two quarts, of our measure. The shekel was about three shillings; and though to have a peck of fine flour for three shillings at other times would not have been extraordinary, yet in the present situation of affairs it was wonderful. Thus, as has often been observed, man's extremity is God's opportunity of magnifying his power; and his time of appearing for his people is when their strength is gone, Deuteronomy 32:36.