Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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. ’”
And
Elisha saith
, `
Hear ye
a
word of Jehovah
: thus
said
Jehovah,
About this time to-morrow
, a measure
of fine flour `is'
at
a shekel, and two measures
of barley at
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
. ”
And
the captain
whom
the king hath,
by
whose
hand
he
hath
been
supported,
answereth
the man of God and
saith
, `Lo
, Jehovah
is
making
windows in the
heavens
--
shall
this thing
be
? '
and
he
saith,
`Lo,
thou
art
seeing
it with thine
eyes, and
thereof
thou
dost
not eat. '
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
four men have
been
leprous,
at the opening
of the gate, and they say
one unto
another, `What
--
we
are
sitting
here till
we have
died;
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 have
said
, We
go in
to
the city, then
the famine `is'
in the city ,
and
we
have
died
there
; and
if we have
sat
here, then
we have
died;
and
now, come
and
we
fall
unto
the camp of Aram;
if they keep
us alive
, we live ,
and
if they put
us to
death
--
we have
died
. '
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 rise
in
the
twilight ,
to go
in
unto
the camp of Aram,
and
they come
in
unto
the extremity
of the camp of
Aram
, and
lo,
there is
not a 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. ”
seeing
Jehovah
hath
caused the camp
of
Aram
to hear a
noise
of chariot
and a noise
of
horse
--
a
noise
of
great force
, and
they say
one unto
another, `Lo
, the king of Israel hath
hired against
us
the kings of the Hittites ,
and the
kings
of
Egypt,
to come
against
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
.
And they
rise
and
flee
in
the
twilight, and
forsake
their tents ,
and their
horses ,
and their
asses
--
the camp as
it
`is'
--
and flee
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
these
lepers come
in
unto
the extremity
of the camp, and
come
in
unto
one
tent ,
and
eat ,
and drink ,
and
lift
up
thence
silver, and
gold, and garments
, and go
and hide;
and
they turn
back
and
go
in
unto
another tent, and
lift
up
thence
, and go
and
hide
.
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
. ”
And
they say
one unto
another, `
We are not doing right this
day;
a day of tidings
it
`is',
and
we are keeping
silent ;
and --
we
have
waited
till
the
light of
the
morning
, then
hath
punishment
found
us ;
and
now, come
and
we
go in
and declare
to
the house
of
the
king
. '
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
they come
in,
and call
unto
the gatekeeper
of the city, and
declare
for
themselves,
saying, `
We have
come
in
unto
the camp of
Aram,
and lo,
there is
not there
a man
, or
sound
of
man,
but
the
bound
horse,
and the bound
ass,
and
tents as
they
`are'
. '
The gatekeepers shouted
the
news
, and it
was
reported
to the king’s
household
.
and
he
calleth
the gatekeepers, and they
declare
to the house
of
the
king
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 riseth
by
night ,
and saith
unto
his servants, `
Let me declare,
I
pray
you ,
to
you
that
which
the Aramaeans
have done to us ;
they have
known
that
we are famished
, and
they are
gone
out
from
the camp to be
hidden
in the field, saying
, When they come out from
the city, then
we catch
them alive ,
and unto
the city we
enter
. '
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 answereth
and
saith
, `Then
let
them
take ,
I
pray
thee,
five of the horses that are
left,
that
have
been
left
in it
--
lo,
they
`are'
as
all the multitude
of
Israel
who have
been
left in
it;
lo,
they
are
as
all the multitude
of
Israel
who
have
been
consumed
--
and
we
send 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
take
two chariot-
horses, and the king sendeth
after the camp
of
Aram
, 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 go
after
them unto
the Jordan, and lo
, all
the way is
full
of
garments
and vessels
that
the Aramaeans
have
cast
away
in their
haste ,
and
the messengers
turn
back
and declare
to
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 go
out and spoil
the camp of Aram,
and
there
is
a measure
of fine flour at
a shekel, and two measures
of barley at
a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah
.
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 hath
appointed the captain,
by
whose hand
he is
supported,
over
the gate, and
the people tread
him down
in the gate
, and he dieth
, as the man of God spake,
which
he
spake
in
the coming
down
of
the
king unto
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 .”
yea,
it cometh
to
pass,
according
to
the speaking
of
the
man of God unto
the king, saying,
`
Two measures
of barley at
a shekel, and a measure
of fine flour at
a shekel are,
at
this
time
to-morrow,
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 the captain
answereth
the man of God, and
saith
, `And
lo,
Jehovah
is
making
windows in the
heavens
--
it
is
according
to
this word
? '
and
he
saith
, `Lo,
thou
art
seeing
with thine
eyes, and
thereof
thou
dost
not eat ;'
And that
is
just
what
happened
to him .
The people trampled
him in the gateway
, and he died
.
and it
cometh
to him so,
and
the people tread
him down
in the gate
, and he dieth
.
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