2Kings:7:3-20

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* Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate ; and they said to one another , "Why are we sitting here until we die ? * If we say , "We will enter the city ,' the famine is in the city , and we shall die there . And if we sit here , we die also . Now therefore , come , let us surrender to the army of the Syrians . If they keep us alive , we shall live ; and if they kill us , we shall only die ." * And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians ; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp , to their surprise no one was there . * For the LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses--the noise of a great army ; so they said to one another , "Look , the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us !" * Therefore they arose and fled at twilight , and left the camp intact--their tents , their horses , and their donkeys--and they fled for their lives . * And when these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp , they went into one tent and ate and drank , and carried from it silver and gold and clothing , and went and hid them ; then they came back and entered another tent , and carried some from there also , and went and hid it . * Then they said to one another , "We are not doing right . This day is a day of good news , and we remain silent . If we wait until morning light , some punishment will come upon us . Now therefore , come , let us go and tell the king 's household ." * So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city , and told them , saying , "We went to the Syrian camp , and surprisingly no one was there , not a human sound--only horses and donkeys tied , and the tents intact ." * And the gatekeepers called out , and they told it to the king 's household inside . * So the king arose in the night and said to his servants , "Let me now 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 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 several men take five of the remaining horses which are left in the city . Look , they may either become like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it ; or indeed , I say , they may become like all the multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed ; so let us send them and see ." * Therefore they took two chariots with horses ; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army , saying , "Go and see ." * And they went after them to the Jordan ; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste . So the messengers returned and told the king . * Then the people went out and plundered the tents 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 . * Now the king had appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate . But the people trampled him in the gate , and he died , just as the man of God had said , who spoke when the king came down to him . * So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king , saying , "Two seahs of barley for a shekel , and a seah of fine flour for a shekel , shall be sold tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria ." * Then that officer had answered the man of God , and said , "Now look , if the LORD would make windows in heaven , could such a thing be ?" And he had said , "In fact , you shall see it with your eyes , but you shall not eat of it ." * And so it happened to him , for the people trampled him in the gate , and he died .

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