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And Elisaie said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
2
And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3
And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?
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If we should say, Let us go into the city, then famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall die.
5
And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there no man there.