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2KI-6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold
now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2KI-6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence
every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may
dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
2KI-6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy
servants. And he answered, I will go.
2KI-6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they
cut down wood.
2KI-6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the
water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
2KI-6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed
him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither;
and the iron did swim.
2KI-6:7 Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out
his hand, and took it.
2KI-6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took
counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place
[shall be] my camp.
2KI-6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying,
Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians
are come down.
2KI-6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man
of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not
once nor twice.
2KI-6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore
troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said
unto them, Will ye not show me which of us [is] for the king of
Israel?
2KI-6:12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king:
but Elisha, the prophet that [is] in Israel, telleth the king of
Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
2KI-6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he [is], that I may send
and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, [he is] in
Dothan.
2KI-6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a
great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
2KI-6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early,
and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with
horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my
master! how shall we do?
2KI-6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us
[are] more than they that [be] with them.
2KI-6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open
his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the
young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of
horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2KI-6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the
LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness.
And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
2KI-6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way,
neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to
the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
2KI-6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria,
that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these [men], that they
may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and,
behold, [they were] in the midst of Samaria.
2KI-6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw
them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
2KI-6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest
thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and
with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat
and drink, and go to their master.
2KI-6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they
had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their
master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of
Israel.
2KI-6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of
Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2KI-6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold,
they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore
[pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung
for five [pieces] of silver.
2KI-6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall,
there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
2KI-6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall
I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
2KI-6:28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she
answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat
him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2KI-6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto
her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she
hath hid her son.
2KI-6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of
the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the
wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth
within upon his flesh.
2KI-6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the
head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
2KI-6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with
him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the
messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this
son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when
the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the
door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2KI-6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil
[is] of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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