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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Kings 6 Douay-Rheims Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_kings/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">DRB</a> > 2 Kings 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/5.htm" title="2 Kings 5">◄</a> 2 Kings 6 <a href="../2_kings/7.htm" title="2 Kings 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Douay-Rheims Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Axe Head Floats</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the man of God said: Where did it fall? and he shewed him the place: Then he cut off a piece of wood, and cast it in thither: and the iron swam. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand, and took it.</p> <p class="hdg">Elisha Captures Blinded Syrians</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying: Beware that thou pass not to such a place: for the Syrians are there in ambush. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the king of Israel, sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the heart of the king of Syria, was troubled for this thing. And calling together his servants, he said: Why do you not tell me who it is that betrays me to the king of Israel? <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And one of his servants said: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send and take him. And they told him: saying: Behold he is in Dothan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do? <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But he answered: Fear not: for there are more with us than with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw themselves to be in the midst of Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them? <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he said: Thou shalt not kill them: for thou didst not take them with thy sword, or thy bow, that thou mayst kill them: but set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And a great provision of meats was set before them, and they ate and drank; and he let them go: and they went away to their master: and the robbers of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.</p> <p class="hdg">The Siege and Famine of Samaria</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And it came to pass, after these things, that Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered: <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When the king heard this, he rent his garments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus, the son of Saphat, shall stand on him this day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master's feet is behind him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/catholic/2_kings/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. 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