Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
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 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
.
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
. ”
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
.
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?
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?
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. ”
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.
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
.
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
.
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. ”
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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. ”
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.
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
. ”
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.
The
gatekeepers
shouted
the news,
and it was
reported
to the king’s
household
.
And
he
called
the porters;
and they
told
it to the king's
house
within
.
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
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 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.
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
. ”
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
.
Then
the
scouts
took two chariots
with
horses ,
and the king sent them
after the Aramean
army
, saying, “
Go and see. ”
They
took therefore
two chariot
horses ;
and the king sent after the host
of
the
Syrians
, saying, Go and see.
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 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.
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 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.
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
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.
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
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:
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!”
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.
And that
is
just
what
happened
to
him .
The people trampled
him in the gateway
, and he died.
And so
it
fell
out
unto
him :
for
the people trode
upon
him in the gate
, and he died.
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