2 Kings 6:24-7:2

6:24-29 | People paid inflated prices for what was not worth eating. Compare the price of a donkey’s head at 80 shekels of silver in those dire circumstances, with that of one of Solomon’s horses imported from Egypt at the cost of 150 shekels of silver (1 Kgs. 10:29) in more prosperous times. What’s worse, the people resorted to cannibalism (Lev. 26:27-29).

7:1-2 & 7:15-20 | Elisha foretold that food would once again be available as prices stabilized, but eh officer’s doubt brought judgment on himself. The truth of these prophecies is emphasized through repetition. Windows in heaven pictures heaven as a storehouse from which God dispenses provisions (Ps. 78:23; Mal. 3:10).