1
Then
Elisha said ,
Hear ye the
word of the
LORD; Thus
saith the
LORD, To
morrow about this
time shall a
measure of fine
flour be sold for a
shekel, and two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, in the
gate of
Samaria.
2
Then a
lord on whose
hand the
king leaned answered the
man of
God, and
said , Behold, if the
LORD would
make windows in
heaven, might this
thing be? And he
said , Behold, thou shalt
see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not
eat thereof.
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3
And there were
four leprous men at the entering
in of the
gate: and they
said one to
another, Why
sit we here until we
die ?
4
If we
say , We will
enter into the
city, then the
famine is in the
city, and we shall
die there: and if we sit
still here, we
die also. Now therefore
come , and let us
fall unto the
host of the
Syrians: if they save us
alive , we shall
live ; and if they
kill us, we shall but
die .
5
And they rose
up in the
twilight, to
go unto the
camp of the
Syrians: and when they were
come to the uttermost
part of the
camp of
Syria, behold, there was no
man there.
6
For the
Lord had made the
host of the
Syrians to
hear a
noise of
chariots, and a
noise of
horses, even the
noise of a
great host: and they
said one to
another, Lo, the
king of
Israel hath
hired against us the
kings of the
Hittites, and the
kings of the
Egyptians, to
come upon us.
7
Wherefore they
arose and
fled in the
twilight, and
left their
tents, and their
horses, and their
asses, even the
camp as it was, and
fled for their
life.
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8
And when these
lepers came to the uttermost
part of the
camp, they
went into
one tent, and did
eat and
drink , and
carried thence
silver, and
gold, and
raiment, and
went and
hid it; and came
again , and
entered into
another tent, and
carried thence also, and
went and
hid it.
9
Then they
said one to
another, We
do not well: this
day is a
day of good
tidings, and we hold our
peace : if we
tarry till the
morning light, some
mischief will
come upon us: now therefore
come , that we may
go and
tell the
king's household.
10
So they
came and
called unto the
porter of the
city: and they
told them,
saying , We
came to the
camp of the
Syrians, and, behold, there was no
man there, neither
voice of
man, but
horses tied , and
asses tied , and the
tents as they were.
11
And he
called the
porters; and they
told it to the
king's house within.
12
And the
king arose in the
night, and
said unto his
servants, I will now
shew you what the
Syrians have
done to us. They
know that we be
hungry; therefore are they gone
out of the
camp to
hide themselves in the
field, saying , When they come
out of the
city, we shall
catch them
alive, and
get into the
city.
13
And
one of his
servants answered and
said , Let some
take , I pray thee,
five of the
horses that
remain , which are
left in the city, (behold, they are as all the
multitude of
Israel that are
left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the
multitude of the
Israelites that are
consumed :) and let us
send and
see .
15
And they
went after them unto
Jordan: and, lo, all the
way was
full of
garments and
vessels, which the
Syrians had cast
away in their
haste . And the
messengers returned , and
told the
king.
16
And the
people went
out , and
spoiled the
tents of the
Syrians. So a
measure of fine
flour was sold for a
shekel, and two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, according to the
word of the
LORD.
17
And the
king appointed the
lord on whose
hand he
leaned to have the charge of the
gate: and the
people trode upon him in the
gate, and he
died , as the
man of
God had
said , who
spake when the
king came
down to him.
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18
And it came to pass as the
man of
God had
spoken to the
king, saying , Two
measures of
barley for a
shekel, and a
measure of fine
flour for a
shekel, shall be to
morrow about this
time in the
gate of
Samaria:
19
And that
lord answered the
man of
God, and
said , Now, behold, if the
LORD should
make windows in
heaven, might such a
thing be? And he
said , Behold, thou shalt
see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not
eat thereof.
20
And so it fell out unto him: for the
people trode upon him in the
gate, and he
died .