Verse
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American Standard Version
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Berean Standard Bible
And
Elisha said, Hear ye
the word of Jehovah
: thus
saith
Jehovah,
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
.
Then
Elisha said, “
Hear the word of the
LORD!
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: ‘
About this time tomorrow
at
the
gate
of
Samaria,
a seah
of fine flour will
sell
for a shekel, and two seahs
of barley will
sell
for a shekel. ’”
Then
the captain
on whose hand
the king leaned answered the man of God, and
said,
Behold
, if Jehovah
should
make windows in heaven, might
this thing
be
? And
he
said,
Behold,
thou
shalt
see it with thine
eyes, but shalt
not eat thereof
.
But
the officer
on whose arm
the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look
, even
if the
LORD
were
to
make windows in heaven, could
this really
happen
? ”
“You
will
see it with your
own
eyes, ”
replied
Elisha,
“
but you
will
not eat any
of
it
. ”
Now there were four leprous
men at the entrance of the gate :
and they said one
to another, Why sit we
here until we die?
Now there were four men with
leprosy
at the entrance of the city
gate ,
and they said to one
another, “
Why just
sit here until we die?
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.
If we say, ‘Let
us
go
into the city, ’
we
will
die
there
from
the famine in the city; but
if we sit here, we will
also die
. So
come now
, let us go
over
to
the camp
of the Arameans.
If they let
us live
, we will
live; if they kill us, we will
die. ”
And
they rose
up
in
the
twilight ,
to go
unto
the camp of the Syrians;
and
when they were
come
to the outermost
part
of the camp of
the
Syrians
, behold,
there was no
man there
.
So
they arose
at
twilight and
went
to the camp of the Arameans.
But
when they came
to the outskirts
of the camp, there was not
a
man to
be
found
.
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.
For the Lord had caused
the Arameans
to hear the
sound
of chariots, horses, and
a great army,
so
that
they said to one
another, “Look
, the king of Israel must
have
hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack
us. ”
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
.
Thus
the
Arameans
had
arisen
and fled at
twilight, abandoning
their tents and horses and donkeys.
The camp was intact
, and they
had
run
for their lives
.
And
when these
lepers came
to
the outermost
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
they
came
back
, and
entered into
another tent, and
carried thence
also
, and went
and
hid it
.
When the
lepers reached
the edge
of the camp, they went into a
tent to
eat and drink .
Then
they
carried off
the
silver, gold, and clothing
, and went and hid them.
On
returning
, they
entered another tent, carried off
some
items
from
there
, and hid them
.
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, punishment
will overtake us ;
now therefore come
, let us go and tell the king's
household.
Finally,
they said to one
another, “
We are
not doing
what
is right.
Today
is
a day of good news.
If we are
silent
and
wait
until
morning light, our
sin
will overtake us .
Now ,
therefore, let us go and tell the king’s
household. ”
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
the
horses tied,
and the
asses
tied
, and the tents as
they
were.
So they went
and called out
to
the gatekeepers
of the city, saying, “
We went
to the Aramean
camp and no one
was
there —not
a
trace—only
tethered
horses and donkeys
, and the tents were intact
. ”
And
he
called
the porters;
and they
told
it to the king's
household within
.
The gatekeepers
shouted
the
news,
and it was
reported
to the king’s
household.
And
the king arose
in the night ,
and said unto
his servants, I
will
now
show
you what the Syrians
have done to us. They know that
we are 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
take them alive ,
and get
into
the city.
So
the king got
up
in the night and said to
his servants, “Let
me
tell
you what the Arameans
have done to us. They know we are starving,
so
they have
left
the camp to hide in the field, thinking
, ‘
When they come out of the city, we will
take them alive and enter
the city. ’”
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,
they
are
as
all the multitude
of
Israel
that
are consumed);
and
let us send and see
.
But
one of his servants replied
, “Please
, have
scouts
take
five of the horses that remain in the city .
Their
plight
will
be
no
worse
than
all the Israelites
who
are left here.
You
can
see
that
all the Israelites
here
are doomed.
So
let us send them
and find
out
. ”
They
took therefore
two chariots with horses ;
and the king sent after the host
of
the
Syrians
, saying, Go and see.
Then
the
scouts
took two chariots with horses ,
and the king sent them
after the Aramean
army
, saying, “
Go and see. ”
And they went
after
them unto
the 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.
And they tracked
them as
far
as
the Jordan, and
indeed
, the whole
way was littered
with
the
clothing
and equipment
the Arameans
had thrown
off
in haste. So
the scouts
returned and told the king.
And
the people went out ,
and plundered 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 Jehovah
.
Then
the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans
. It
was
then
that
a seah
of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs
of barley sold
for a shekel, according to the word of the
LORD
.
And
the king appointed the captain
on whose hand
he leaned to have
the
charge of the gate :
and
the people trod
upon
him in the gate
, and he died as the man of God had said,
who
spake
when the king came
down
to him.
Now
the king had
appointed the officer
on whose arm
he leaned to be
in
charge of the gate ,
but
the people trampled
him in the gateway
, and he died ,
just
as the man of God had foretold
when the king had
come
to him.
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;
It happened
just
as the man of God had told
the king :
“About
this
time
tomorrow
at
the
gate
of
Samaria
, two seahs
of barley will
sell
for a shekel, and a seah
of fine flour will
sell
for a shekel .”
and that
captain
answered the man of God, and
said,
Now,
behold
, if Jehovah
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:
And the
officer
had
answered the man of God, “Look
, even
if the
LORD
were
to
make windows in heaven, could
this
really
happen
? ”
So
Elisha
had
replied
, “You
will
see it with your
own
eyes, but you
will
not eat any
of
it!”
it
came
to pass
even
so
unto
him ;
for
the people trod
upon
him in the gate
, and he died.
And
that
is
just
what
happened
to him .
The people trampled
him in the gateway
, and he died.
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