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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"><title>2 Kings 6 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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="../topmenuchap/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">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/6-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Axe Head Floats<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the sons of the prophets said to Elisaie, Behold now, the place wherein we dwell before thee is too narrow for us. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and make for ourselves a habitation there. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he said, Go. And one of them said gently, Come with thy servants. And he said, I will go. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And behold, one was cutting down a beam, and the axe head fell into the water: and he cried out, Alas! master: and it was hidden. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/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: and he broke off a stick, and threw it in there, and the iron came to the surface. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he said, Take it up to thyself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Elisha Captures the Blinded Arameans<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the king of Syria was at war with Israel: and he consulted with his servants, saying, I will encamp in such a place. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Elisaie sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take heed that thou pass not by that place, for the Syrians are hidden there. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the king of Israel sent to the place which Elisaie mentioned to him, and saved himself thence not once or twice.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the mind of the king of Syria was very much disturbed concerning this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will ye not tell me who betrays me to the king of Israel? <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisaie the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatsoever thou mayest say in thy bedchamber. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he said, Go, see where this man <i>is</i>, and I will send and take him. And they sent word to him, saying, Behold, <i>he is</i> in Dothaim. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a mighty host: and they came by night, and compassed about the city.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the servant of Elisaie rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, what shall we do? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Elisaie said, Fear not, for they who are with us <i>are</i> more than they that are with them. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Elisaie prayed, and said, Lord, open, I pray thee, the eyes of the servant, and let him see. And the Lord opened his eyes, and he saw: and, behold, the mountain <i>was</i> full of horses, and there were chariots of fire round about Elisaie. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they came down to him; and he prayed to the Lord, and said, Smite, I pray thee, this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisaie. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Elisaie said to them, This <i>is</i> not the city, and this <i>is</i> not the way: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them away to Samaria.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria, that Elisaie said, Open, I pray thee, O Lord, their eyes, and let them see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the king of Israel said to Elisaie, when he saw them, Shall I <i>not</i> verily smite them, <i>my</i> father? <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he said, Thou shalt not smite them, unless thou wouldest smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow: set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink, and depart to their master. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he set before them a great feast, and they ate and drank: and he dismissed them and they departed to their master. And the bands of Syria came no longer into the land of Israel.<p> <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">The Siege and Famine of Samaria<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And it came to pass after this, that the son of Ader king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was <i>valued</i> at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And he said to her, Unless the Lord help thee, whence shall I help thee? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the king said to her, What is <i>the matter</i> with thee? And the woman said to him, This <i>woman</i> said to me, Give thy son, and we will eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/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 second day, Give thy son, and let us eat him: and she has hidden her son. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, <i>that</i> he rent his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisaie shall stand upon him this day.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Elisaie was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and <i>the king</i> sent a man before him: before the messenger came to him, he also said to the elders, Do ye see that this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, as soon as the messenger shall have come, shut the door, and forcibly detain him at the door: <i>is</i> not the sound of his master's feet behind him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil <i>is</i> of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_kings/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_kings/7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>