2Kings:7

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* Then Elisha said , Hear ye the word of the LORD ; Thus hath the LORD said , Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour [shall be sold ] for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel , in the gate of Samaria . * Then a captain 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 of it . * And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate , who said one to another , Why shall we stay 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 stay here , we shall 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 . * And they rose up at the beginning of the night , 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 . * 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 , Behold , the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians , to come upon us . * Therefore they had arisen and fled at the beginning of the night and had left their tents and their horses and their asses , even the camp as it [was ], and had fled for their lives . * And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp , they went into one tent and ate and drank and took silver and gold and raiment and went and hid [it ] and came again and entered into another tent and took from there [also ] and went and hid [it ]. * Then they said one to another , We do not well ; this day [is ] a day to [give ] good tidings , and we are silent ; if we tarry until the morning light , we shall be taken in the iniquity . Now , therefore , come , that we may enter in and give the news in the king 's house . * So they came and called unto the porter of the city , and they told them , saying , We went 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 ]. * And the porters cried out and told [it ] inside and in the king 's house . * And the king arose in the night and said unto his servants , I will now show 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 . * Then 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 (for they [are ] as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it ; they [are ] also as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed ) and let us send and see . * They took , therefore , two chariot horses ; and the king sent after the camp of the Syrians , saying , Go and see . * And they went after them unto the Jordan ; and , behold , 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 . * Then the people went out and spoiled the camp 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 . * And the king appointed the prince 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 spoke when the king came down to him . * 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 tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria . * Unto which that prince had answered the man of God , and said , Even 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 of it . * And so it happened unto him , for the people trode upon him in the gate , and he died .:

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