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Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time <i>shall</i> a measure of fine flour <i>be sold</i> for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, <i>if</i> the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see <i>it</i> with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine <i>is</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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, <i>there was</i> no man there.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. But when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, <i>even</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it <i>was</i>, and fled for their life.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 <i>it</i>; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence <i>also</i>, and went and hid <i>it</i>.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day <i>is</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king’s household.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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, <i>there was</i> no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they <i>were</i>.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied and the donkeys tied and the tents as they were.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he called the porters; and they told <i>it</i> to the king's house within.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king’s household.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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 <i>be</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king rose in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And one of his servants answered and said, Let <i>some</i> take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they <i>are</i> as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, <i>I say</i>, they <i>are</i> even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And one of his servants said, “Let some men take five of the remaining horses, seeing that those who are left here will fare like the whole multitude of Israel who have already perished. Let us send and see.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they took two horsemen, and the king sent them after the army of the Syrians, saying, “Go and see.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way <i>was</i> full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So they went after them as far as the Jordan, and behold, all the way was littered with garments and equipment that the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was <i>sold</i> for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, <i>if</i> 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the captain had answered the man of God, “If the LORD himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate and he died.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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