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  • Elisha and Commodities Futures (2 Kings 7)

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    Here is an interesting economic lesson on supply, demand, and market prices from the book of 2 Kings, Chapter 7. (HT: Freakonomics) Just to set the scene, Samaria is under siege from Aram. Famine has set in. Food prices are exorbitant. Cannibalism has begun: 2 Kings 7 1 But Elisha said, "Hear the word of…