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2 Kings 7
- 1
- Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus
saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be
sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of
Samaria.
- 2
- Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the
man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might
this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but
shalt not eat thereof.
- 3
- 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?
- 4
- If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine
is 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.
- 5
- 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, there was no man there.
- 6
- For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a
noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even 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.
- 7
- Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left
their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and
fled for their life.
- 8
- 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 it; and came again, and
entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
- 9
- Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day
is 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.
- 10
- 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, there
was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and
the tents as they were.
- 11
- And he called the porters; and they told it to the
king's house within.
- 12
- 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 be 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.
- 13
- And one of his servants answered and said, Let some
take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold,
I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are
consumed:) and let us send and see.
- 14
- They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king
sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 15
- And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the
way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their
haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
- 16
- And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the
Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of
barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
- 17
- 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.
- 18
- 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:
- 19
- And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now,
behold, if 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.
- 20
- And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon
him in the gate, and he died.
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