19
And Elisha said unto them, This
is not the way, neither
is this the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.
20
And when they came into Samaria, Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these
men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold,
they were in the midst of Samaria.
21
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite
them? Shall I smite
them?
22
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite
them; would thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master.
23
And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad, king of Syria, gathered all his host and went up and besieged Samaria.
25
And there was a great famine in Samaria as they besieged it until an ass’s head was
sold for eighty
pieces of silver and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five
pieces of silver.
26
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried unto him, saying, Save me, my lord, O king.
27
And he said, If the LORD does not save thee, from where shall I save thee? Out of the threshingfloor, or out of the winepress?
28
And the king said unto her, What ails thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
29
So we boiled my son and ate him. And I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son that we may eat him. But she has hid her son.