2Kings:6:24-7

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ylt @2Kings:6:24 @And it cometh to pass afterwards , that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp , and goeth up , and layeth siege to Samaria , ylt @2Kings:6:25 @and there is a great famine in Samaria , and lo , they are laying siege to it , till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings , and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings . ylt @2Kings:6:26 @And it cometh to pass , the king of Israel is passing by on the wall , and a woman hath cried unto him , saying , 'Save , my lord , O king .' ylt @2Kings:6:27 @And he saith , 'Jehovah doth not save thee -- whence do I save thee ? out of the threshing-floor , or out of the wine-vat ?' ylt @2Kings:6:28 @And the king saith to her , 'What -- to thee ?' and she saith , 'This woman said unto me , Give thy son , and we eat him to-day , and my son we eat to-morrow ; ylt @2Kings:6:29 @and we boil my son and eat him , and I say unto her on the next day , Give thy son , and we eat him ; and she hideth her son .' ylt @2Kings:6:30 @And it cometh to pass , at the king 's hearing the words of the woman , that he rendeth his garments , and he is passing by on the wall , and the people see , and lo , the sackcloth [is ] on his flesh within . ylt @2Kings:6:31 @And he saith , 'Thus doth God do to me , and thus He doth add -- if it remain -- the head of Elisha son of Shaphat -- upon him this day .' ylt @2Kings:6:32 @And Elisha is sitting in his house , and the elders are sitting with him , and [the king ] sendeth a man from before him ; before the messenger doth come unto him , even he himself said unto the elders , 'Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head ? see , at the coming in of the messenger , shut the door , and ye have held him fast at the door , is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him ?' ylt @2Kings:6:33 @He is yet speaking with them , and lo , the messenger is coming down unto him , and he saith , 'Lo , this [is ] the evil from Jehovah : what -- do I wait for Jehovah any more ?'

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