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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 Bishops' 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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Bishops'</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">Bishops' Bible of 1568</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>The children of the prophetes saide vnto Elisa: Beholde we pray thee, the place where we dwell with thee is to litle for vs: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let vs go we pray thee vnto Iordane, & take thence euery man a beame, & build vs a place to dwel in. And he aunswered, Go. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And one saide: Be content I pray thee, and come with thy seruauntes. And he aunswered: I wyll come. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And so he went with them: And when they came to Iordane, they cut downe wood. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But it fortuned, that as one was felling downe of a tree, the axe head fell into the water: And he cryed, and saide, Alas maister, it was lent me. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the man of God saide: Where fell it? And he shewed him the place: And he cut downe a sticke, and cast it in thyther, and immediatly the iron did swymme. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therfore sayde he: Take it vp. And he stretched out his hand, and toke it vp.<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>But the king of Syria warred against Israel, and toke counsell with his seruauntes, and sayde: In such and such a place shalbe my campe. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the man of God sent vnto the king of Israel, saying: Beware that thou go not ouer to such a place, for there the Syrians are lurkyng. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therfore the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God tolde him and warned him of, and saued him selfe from it, not once, nor twyse.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the heart of the king of Syria was troubled for this thing, and he called for his seruauntes, and said vnto them: Wil ye not shewe me, whiche of our men <FI>betrayght me<Fi> 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 seruauntes sayde, None my lorde O king: But Elisa the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel, yea euen the wordes that thou speakest in thy priuie chamber. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He sayde: Go, and spie where he is, that I may sende and fet him. And one told him, saying: Behold, he is in Dothan. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore sent he thyther horses and charets, and a mightie hoast: and they came by night, and compassed the citie about.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And when the seruaunt of the man of God rose vp early to go out: beholde, there was an hoast rounde about the towne with horses & charets: And his seruaunt sayde vnto him, Alas maister, what shall we do? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He aunswered, Feare not: for they that be with vs, are mo then they that be with them. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Elisa prayed and sayd: Lord I besech thee open his eyes that he may see. And the Lorde opened the eyes of the young man, and he loked: and beholde the mountayne was full of horses, and charets of fire round about Elisa. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And when they came downe to him, Elisa prayed vnto the Lord, and sayde: Smyte this people I pray thee with blindnesse. And he smote them with blindnesse, according to the worde of Elisa. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Elisa sayd vnto them: This is not the way, neither is this the towne: folowe me, & I will bring you to the man whom ye seke. But he led them to Samaria.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But it fortuned that when they were come to Samaria, Elisa sayde: Lorde, open their eyes that they may see. And the Lorde opened their eyes, and they sawe, & behold they were in the middes 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 sayde vnto Elisa when he sawe them: My father, shall I smyte them, shall I smyte them? <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he aunswered, Thou shalt not smyte them: But smyte those that thou hast taken with thine owne sworde, and with thyne owne bowe: But rather set bread and water before them, that they may eate & drinke, & go to their maister. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he prepared a great refection for them, and when they had eaten and drunke, he sent them away, & they went to their maister: And so the souldiours of Syria came no more into the lande 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>After this it chaunced, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered al his hoast and went vp, and besieged Samaria. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But there was a great dearth in Samaria: and beholde, they besieged it, vntill an asses head was sold for fourescore siluer pence, and the fourth part of a cab of doues doung for fiue peeces of siluer. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And as the king of Israel was goyng vpon the wal, there cryed a woman vnto him, saying: Help me my lord O king. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He sayde: If the Lorde do not succour thee, wherwith can I helpe thee? with the barne, or with the wine presse? <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the king sayde vnto her: What wilt thou? She aunswered: Yonder woman sayd vnto me, Bring thy sonne, that we may eate him to day, and we will eate myne to morowe. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And so we dressed my sonne, and dyd eate him: And I sayde to her the other day, bring thy sonne, that we may eate him: And she hath hyd her sonne. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And it came to passe, that when the king hearde the wordes of the woman, he rent his clothes, and went vp on the wall, and the people loked, and beholde he had a sackcloth vnder vpon his fleshe. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then he sayd: God do so & more also to me, if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But Elisa sate in his house (& the elders sate by him) And the king sent a man before him: but yer the messenger came to him, he sayd to the elders: haue ye not seene howe that the sonne of this murtherer hath sent to take away myne head? Be circumspect when the messenger commeth, and shut the doore, and hold him at the doore: Is not the sound of his maisters feete behynde him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>While he yet talked with them: behold, the messenger came downe vnto him, & sayd, Behold, this euyl is of the Lorde: And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde?<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Bishops' Bible of 1568<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>