2Kings:7

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ylt @2Kings:7:1 @And Elisha saith , 'Hear ye a word of Jehovah : thus said Jehovah , About this time to-morrow , a measure of fine flour [is ] at a shekel , and two measures of barley at a shekel , in the gate of Samaria .' ylt @2Kings:7:2 @And the captain whom the king hath , by whose hand he hath been supported , answereth the man of God and saith , 'Lo , Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be ?' and he saith , 'Lo , thou art seeing it with thine eyes , and thereof thou dost not eat .' ylt @2Kings:7:3 @And four men have been leprous , at the opening of the gate , and they say one unto another , 'What -- we are sitting here till we have died ; ylt @2Kings:7:4 @if we have said , We go in to the city , then the famine [is ] in the city , and we have died there ; and if we have sat here , then we have died ; and now , come and we fall unto the camp of Aram ; if they keep us alive , we live , and if they put us to death -- we have died .' ylt @2Kings:7:5 @And they rise in the twilight , to go in unto the camp of Aram , and they come in unto the extremity of the camp of Aram , and lo , there is not a man there , ylt @2Kings:7:6 @seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse -- a noise of great force , and they say one unto another , 'Lo , the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites , and the kings of Egypt , to come against us .' ylt @2Kings:7:7 @And they rise and flee in the twilight , and forsake their tents , and their horses , and their asses -- the camp as it [is ] -- and flee for their life . ylt @2Kings:7:8 @And these lepers come in unto the extremity of the camp , and come in unto one tent , and eat , and drink , and lift up thence silver , and gold , and garments , and go and hide ; and they turn back and go in unto another tent , and lift up thence , and go and hide . ylt @2Kings:7:9 @And they say one unto another , 'We are not doing right this day ; a day of tidings it [is ], and we are keeping silent ; and -- we have waited till the light of the morning , then hath punishment found us ; and now , come and we go in and declare to the house of the king .' ylt @2Kings:7:10 @And they come in , and call unto the gatekeeper of the city , and declare for themselves , saying , 'We have come in unto the camp of Aram , and lo , there is not there a man , or sound of man , but the bound horse , and the bound ass , and tents as they [are ].' ylt @2Kings:7:11 @and he calleth the gatekeepers , and they declare to the house of the king within . ylt @2Kings:7:12 @And the king riseth by night , and saith unto his servants , 'Let me declare , I pray you , to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us ; they have known that we are famished , and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field , saying , When they come out from the city , then we catch them alive , and unto the city we enter .' ylt @2Kings:7:13 @And one of his servants answereth and saith , 'Then let them take , I pray thee , five of the horses that are left , that have been left in it -- lo , they [are ] as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it ; lo , they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed -- and we send and see .' ylt @2Kings:7:14 @And they take two chariot-horses , and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram , saying , 'Go , and see .' ylt @2Kings:7:15 @And they go after them unto the Jordan , and lo , all the way is full of garments and vessels that the Aramaeans have cast away in their haste , and the messengers turn back and declare to the king . ylt @2Kings:7:16 @And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram , and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel , and two measures of barley at a shekel , according to the word of Jehovah . ylt @2Kings:7:17 @And the king hath appointed the captain , by whose hand he is supported , over the gate , and the people tread him down in the gate , and he dieth , as the man of God spake , which he spake in the coming down of the king unto him , ylt @2Kings:7:18 @yea , it cometh to pass , according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king , saying , 'Two measures of barley at a shekel , and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are , at this time to-morrow , in the gate of Samaria ;' ylt @2Kings:7:19 @and the captain answereth the man of God , and saith , 'And lo , Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- it is according to this word ?' and he saith , 'Lo , thou art seeing with thine eyes , and thereof thou dost not eat ;' ylt @2Kings:7:20 @and it cometh to him so , and the people tread him down in the gate , and he dieth .

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