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And the king arose in the night and said unto his slaves, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we
are hungry; therefore, they have 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.
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Then one of his slaves answered and said, Let
some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (for they
are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; they
are also as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed) and let us send and see.
14
They took, therefore, two chariot horses; and the king sent after the camp of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
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And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, behold, 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.
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Then the people went out and spoiled the camp 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.
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And the king appointed the prince 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 spoke when the king came down to him.
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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 tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.
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Unto which that prince had answered the man of God, and said, Even 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 of it.
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And so it happened unto him, for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.