2Kings:7:3-20

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* And four men , lepers , were at the gate entrance . And they said to one another , Why do we sit here until we die ? * If we say , We will enter into the city , then the famine [is ] in the city , and we shall die there . And if we still sit here , we also shall die . And now come and let us fall to the army of the Syrians . If they save us alive , we shall live . And if they kill us , we shall only die . * And they rose up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians . And when they had come to the outermost part of the camp of Syria , behold , no man [was ] there ! * For the LORD had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses , the noise of a great army . And they said to one another , Lo , the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians against us , to come on us . * And they arose and fled in the twilight and left their tents and their horses and their asses , the camp , as it [was ], and fled for their life . * And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp , they went into one tent and ate and drank , and carried silver and gold and clothing from there , and went and hid [it ]. And they came again and entered into another tent and carried from there , and went and hid [it ]. * And they said to one another , We are not doing right . This day [is ] a day of good news , and we hold our peace . If we stay until the morning light , some punishment will come on us . And now come , so that we may go and tell the king 's household . * And they came and called to the porter of the city . And they told them , saying , We came to the camp of the Syrians , and , behold , no man [was ] there , neither voice of man , but horses tied , and asses tied , and the tents as they [were . * And he called the porters . And they told [it ] to the king 's house inside . * And the king arose in the night and said to his servants , I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us . They know that we [are ] hungry , and they have 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 . * And one of his servants answered and said , Please let [some ] take five of the horses which remain , which are left in the city ; behold , they [are ] like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it ; behold , they [are ] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed . And we will send and see . * And they took two chariots [with ] horses . And the king sent after the army of the Syrians , saying , Go and see . * And they went after them to Jordan . And , lo , all the way [was ] full of clothing and vessels which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste . And the messengers returned and told the king . * And the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians . And it happened , 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 . * And the king appointed the third officer over the gate , [the one ] on whose hand he had leaned . And the people trampled on him in the gate , and he died , as the man of God had said , who spoke when the king came down to him . * And it happened according to the saying of the man of God to the king , saying , Two measures of barley for a shekel , and a measure of fine flour for a shekel : [This ] shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria . * And the third officer answered the man of God and said , Behold , [if ] the LORD should make windows in heaven , then such a thing might be . And he said , Behold , you shall see it with your eyes , but you shall not eat of it . * And it happened to him , for the people trampled on him in the gate , and he died .

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