2 Kings 8:2
Good News Translation
She had followed his instructions and had gone with her family to live in Philistia for the seven years.

New Revised Standard Version
So the woman got up and did according to the word of the man of God; she went with her household and settled in the land of the Philistines seven years.

Contemporary English Version
The woman did exactly what Elisha had said and went to live in Philistine territory. She and her family lived there seven years.

New American Bible
The woman got ready and did as the man of God said, setting out with her household, and living in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

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And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

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1 Timothy 5:8 But if any man have not care of his own and especially of those of his house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

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Judges 3:3 The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in Mount Libanus, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.

1 Samuel 27:1-3 And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands. . . .

Context
The Shunammite's Land Restored
1And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years. 2And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and going with her household, she sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.3And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to the king for her house and for her lands.…
Cross References
2 Kings 8:1
And Eliseus spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: Arise, and go thou, and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find: for the Lord hath called a famine, and it shall come upon the land seven years.

2 Kings 8:3
And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she went forth to speak to the king for her house and for her lands.

2 Kings 8:1
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