“At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Kings 8 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.