2 Kings 7
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 * ?
4. 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 * .
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
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 * .
