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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.
02 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.
03 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?
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and
the king sent after the host of the Syrians,
saying, Go 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.
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.
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