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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha ,
saying ,
Thy servant my husband is dead ;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD :
and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen .
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And Elisha said unto her ,
What shall I do for thee ?
tell me ,
what hast thou in the house ?
And she said ,
Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house ,
save a pot of oil .
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Then he said ,
Go ,
borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours ,
even empty vessels ;
borrow not a few .
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And when thou art come in ,
thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons ,
and shalt pour out into all those vessels ,
and thou shalt set aside that which is full .
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So she went from him ,
and shut the door upon her and upon her sons ,
who brought the vessels to her ;
and she poured out .
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And it came to pass ,
when the vessels were full ,
that she said unto her son ,
Bring me yet a vessel .
And he said unto her ,
There is not a vessel more .
And the oil stayed .
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Then she came and told the man of God .
And he said ,
Go ,
sell the oil ,
and pay thy debt ,
and live thou and thy children of the rest .
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And it fell on a day ,
that Elisha passed to Shunem ,
where was a great woman ;
and she constrained him to eat bread .
And so it was ,
that as oft as he passed by ,
he turned in thither to eat bread .
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And she said unto her husband ,
Behold now ,
I perceive that this is an holy man of God ,
which passeth by us continually .
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Let us make a little chamber ,
I pray thee ,
on the wall ;
and let us set for him there a bed ,
and a table ,
and a stool ,
and a candlestick :
and it shall be ,
when he cometh to us ,
that he shall turn in thither .
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And it fell on a day ,
that he came thither ,
and he turned into the chamber ,
and lay there .
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And he said to Gehazi his servant ,
Call this Shunammite .
And when he had called her ,
she stood before him .
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And he said unto him ,
Say now unto her ,
Behold ,
thou hast been careful for us with all this care ;
what is to be done for thee ?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king ,
or to the captain of the host ?
And she answered ,
I dwell among mine own people .
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And he said ,
What then is to be done for her ?
And Gehazi answered ,
Verily she hath no child ,
and her husband is old .
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And he said ,
Call her .
And when he had called her ,
she stood in the door .
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And he said ,
About this season ,
according to the time of life ,
thou shalt embrace a son .
And she said ,
Nay ,
my lord ,
thou man of God ,
do not lie unto thine handmaid .
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And the woman conceived ,
and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her ,
according to the time of life .
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And when the child was grown ,
it fell on a day ,
that he went out to his father to the reapers .
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And he said unto his father ,
My head ,
my head .
And he said to a lad ,
Carry him to his mother .
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And when he had taken him ,
and brought him to his mother ,
he sat on her knees till noon ,
and then died .
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And she went up ,
and laid him on the bed of the man of God ,
and shut the door upon him ,
and went out .
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And she called unto her husband ,
and said ,
Send me ,
I pray thee ,
one of the young men ,
and one of the asses ,
that I may run to the man of God ,
and come again .
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And he said ,
Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day ?
it is neither new moon ,
nor sabbath .
And she said ,
It shall be well .
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Then she saddled an ass ,
and said to her servant ,
Drive ,
and go forward ;
slack not thy riding for me ,
except I bid thee .
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So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel .
And it came to pass ,
when the man of God saw her afar off ,
that he said to Gehazi his servant ,
Behold ,
yonder is that Shunammite :
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Run now ,
I pray thee ,
to meet her ,
and say unto her ,
Is it well with thee ?
is it well with thy husband ?
is it well with the child ?
And she answered ,
It is well .
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And when she came to the man of God to the hill ,
she caught him by the feet :
but Gehazi came near to thrust her away .
And the man of God said ,
Let her alone ;
for her soul is vexed within her :
and the LORD hath hid it from me ,
and hath not told me .
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Then she said ,
Did I desire a son of my lord ?
did I not say ,
Do not deceive me ?
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Then he said to Gehazi ,
Gird up thy loins ,
and take my staff in thine hand ,
and go thy way :
if thou meet any man ,
salute him not ;
and if any salute thee ,
answer him not again :
and lay my staff upon the face of the child .
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And the mother of the child said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee .
And he arose ,
and followed her .
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And Gehazi passed on before them ,
and laid the staff upon the face of the child ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor hearing .
Wherefore he went again to meet him ,
and told him ,
saying ,
The child is not awaked .
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And when Elisha was come into the house ,
behold ,
the child was dead ,
and laid upon his bed .
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He went in therefore ,
and shut the door upon them twain ,
and prayed unto the LORD .
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And he went up ,
and lay upon the child ,
and put his mouth upon his mouth ,
and his eyes upon his eyes ,
and his hands upon his hands :
and he stretched himself upon the child ;
and the flesh of the child waxed warm .
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Then he returned ,
and walked in the house to and fro ;
and went up ,
and stretched himself upon him :
and the child sneezed seven times ,
and the child opened his eyes .
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And he called Gehazi ,
and said ,
Call this Shunammite .
So he called her .
And when she was come in unto him ,
he said ,
Take up thy son .
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Then she went in ,
and fell at his feet ,
and bowed herself to the ground ,
and took up her son ,
and went out .
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And Elisha came again to Gilgal :
and there was a dearth in the land ;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him :
and he said unto his servant ,
Set on the great pot ,
and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets .
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs ,
and found a wild vine ,
and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full ,
and came and shred them into the pot of pottage :
for they knew them not .
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So they poured out for the men to eat .
And it came to pass ,
as they were eating of the pottage ,
that they cried out ,
and said ,
O thou man of God ,
there is death in the pot .
And they could not eat thereof .
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But he said ,
Then bring meal .
And he cast it into the pot ;
and he said ,
Pour out for the people ,
that they may eat .
And there was no harm in the pot .
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And there came a man from Baalshalisha ,
and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits ,
twenty loaves of barley ,
and full ears of corn in the husk thereof .
And he said ,
Give unto the people ,
that they may eat .
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And his servitor said ,
What ,
should I set this before an hundred men ?
He said again ,
Give the people ,
that they may eat :
for thus saith the LORD ,
They shall eat ,
and shall leave thereof .
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So he set it before them ,
and they did eat ,
and left thereof ,
according to the word of the LORD .
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Now Naaman ,
captain of the host of the king of Syria ,
was a great man with his master ,
and honourable ,
because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria :
he was also a mighty man in valour ,
but he was a leper .
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And the Syrians had gone out by companies ,
and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid ;
and she waited on Naaman '
s wife .
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And she said unto her mistress ,
Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria !
for he would recover him of his leprosy .
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And one went in ,
and told his lord ,
saying ,
Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel .
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And the king of Syria said ,
Go to ,
go ,
and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel .
And he departed ,
and took with him ten talents of silver ,
and six thousand pieces of gold ,
and ten changes of raiment .
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And he brought the letter to the king of Israel ,
saying ,
Now when this letter is come unto thee ,
behold ,
I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee ,
that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy .
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And it came to pass ,
when the king of Israel had read the letter ,
that he rent his clothes ,
and said ,
Am I God ,
to kill and to make alive ,
that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy ?
wherefore consider ,
I pray you ,
and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me .
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And it was so ,
when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes ,
that he sent to the king ,
saying ,
Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ?
let him come now to me ,
and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel .
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So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot ,
and stood at the door of the house of Elisha .
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And Elisha sent a messenger unto him ,
saying ,
Go and wash in Jordan seven times ,
and thy flesh shall come again to thee ,
and thou shalt be clean .
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But Naaman was wroth ,
and went away ,
and said ,
Behold ,
I thought ,
He will surely come out to me ,
and stand ,
and call on the name of the LORD his God ,
and strike his hand over the place ,
and recover the leper .
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Are not Abana and Pharpar ,
rivers of Damascus ,
better than all the waters of Israel ?
may I not wash in them ,
and be clean ?
So he turned and went away in a rage .
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And his servants came near ,
and spake unto him ,
and said ,
My father ,
if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing ,
wouldest thou not have done it ?
how much rather then ,
when he saith to thee ,
Wash ,
and be clean ?
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Then went he down ,
and dipped himself seven times in Jordan ,
according to the saying of the man of God :
and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child ,
and he was clean .
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And he returned to the man of God ,
he and all his company ,
and came ,
and stood before him :
and he said ,
Behold ,
now I know that there is no God in all the earth ,
but in Israel :
now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
take a blessing of thy servant .
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But he said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
I will receive none .
And he urged him to take it ;
but he refused .
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And Naaman said ,
Shall there not then ,
I pray thee ,
be given to thy servant two mules '
burden of earth ?
for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods ,
but unto the LORD .
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In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant ,
that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there ,
and he leaneth on my hand ,
and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon :
when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon ,
the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing .
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And he said unto him ,
Go in peace .
So he departed from him a little way .
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But Gehazi ,
the servant of Elisha the man of God ,
said ,
Behold ,
my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian ,
in not receiving at his hands that which he brought :
but ,
as the LORD liveth ,
I will run after him ,
and take somewhat of him .
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So Gehazi followed after Naaman .
And when Naaman saw him running after him ,
he lighted down from the chariot to meet him ,
and said ,
Is all well ?
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And he said ,
All is well .
My master hath sent me ,
saying ,
Behold ,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets :
give them ,
I pray thee ,
a talent of silver ,
and two changes of garments .
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And Naaman said ,
Be content ,
take two talents .
And he urged him ,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags ,
with two changes of garments ,
and laid them upon two of his servants ;
and they bare them before him .
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And when he came to the tower ,
he took them from their hand ,
and bestowed them in the house :
and he let the men go ,
and they departed .
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But he went in ,
and stood before his master .
And Elisha said unto him ,
Whence comest thou ,
Gehazi ?
And he said ,
Thy servant went no whither .
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And he said unto him ,
Went not mine heart with thee ,
when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee ?
Is it a time to receive money ,
and to receive garments ,
and oliveyards ,
and vineyards ,
and sheep ,
and oxen ,
and menservants ,
and maidservants ?
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The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee ,
and unto thy seed for ever .
And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow .
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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha ,
Behold now ,
the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us .
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Let us go ,
we pray thee ,
unto Jordan ,
and take thence every man a beam ,
and let us make us a place there ,
where we may dwell .
And he answered ,
Go ye .
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And one said ,
Be content ,
I pray thee ,
and go with thy servants .
And he answered ,
I will go .
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So he went with them .
And when they came to Jordan ,
they cut down wood .
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But as one was felling a beam ,
the axe head fell into the water :
and he cried ,
and said ,
Alas ,
master !
for it was borrowed .
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And the man of God said ,
Where fell it ?
And he shewed him the place .
And he cut down a stick ,
and cast it in thither ;
and the iron did swim .
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Therefore said he ,
Take it up to thee .
And he put out his hand ,
and took it .
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Then the king of Syria warred against Israel ,
and took counsel with his servants ,
saying ,
In such and such a place shall be my camp .
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And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel ,
saying ,
Beware that thou pass not such a place ;
for thither the Syrians are come down .
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of ,
and saved himself there ,
not once nor twice .
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Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing ;
and he called his servants ,
and said unto them ,
Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel ?
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And one of his servants said ,
None ,
my lord ,
O king :
but Elisha ,
the prophet that is in Israel ,
telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber .
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And he said ,
Go and spy where he is ,
that I may send and fetch him .
And it was told him ,
saying ,
Behold ,
he is in Dothan .
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Therefore sent he thither horses ,
and chariots ,
and a great host :
and they came by night ,
and compassed the city about .
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And when the servant of the man of God was risen early ,
and gone forth ,
behold ,
an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots .
And his servant said unto him ,
Alas ,
my master !
how shall we do ?
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And he answered ,
Fear not :
for they that be with us are more than they that be with them .
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And Elisha prayed ,
and said ,
LORD ,
I pray thee ,
open his eyes ,
that he may see .
And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ;
and he saw :
and ,
behold ,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha .
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And when they came down to him ,
Elisha prayed unto the LORD ,
and said ,
Smite this people ,
I pray thee ,
with blindness .
And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha .
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And Elisha said unto them ,
This is not the way ,
neither is this the city :
follow me ,
and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek .
But he led them to Samaria .
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And it came to pass ,
when they were come into Samaria ,
that Elisha said ,
LORD ,
open the eyes of these men ,
that they may see .
And the LORD opened their eyes ,
and they saw ;
and ,
behold ,
they were in the midst of Samaria .
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha ,
when he saw them ,
My father ,
shall I smite them ?
shall I smite them ?
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And he answered ,
Thou shalt not smite them :
wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow ?
set bread and water before them ,
that they may eat and drink ,
and go to their master .
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And he prepared great provision for them :
and when they had eaten and drunk ,
he sent them away ,
and they went to their master .
So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel .
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And it came to pass after this ,
that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host ,
and went up ,
and besieged Samaria .
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And there was a great famine in Samaria :
and ,
behold ,
they besieged it ,
until an ass '
s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver ,
and the fourth part of a cab of dove '
s dung for five pieces of silver .
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And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall ,
there cried a woman unto him ,
saying ,
Help ,
my lord ,
O king .
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And he said ,
If the LORD do not help thee ,
whence shall I help thee ?
out of the barnfloor ,
or out of the winepress ?
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And the king said unto her ,
What aileth thee ?
And she answered ,
This woman said unto me ,
Give thy son ,
that we may eat him to day ,
and we will eat my son to morrow .
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So we boiled my son ,
and did eat him :
and I said unto her on the next day ,
Give thy son ,
that we may eat him :
and she hath hid her son .
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And it came to pass ,
when the king heard the words of the woman ,
that he rent his clothes ;
and he passed by upon the wall ,
and the people looked ,
and ,
behold ,
he had sackcloth within upon his flesh .
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Then he said ,
God do so and more also to me ,
if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day .
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But Elisha sat in his house ,
and the elders sat with him ;
and the king sent a man from before him :
but ere the messenger came to him ,
he said to the elders ,
See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head ?
look ,
when the messenger cometh ,
shut the door ,
and hold him fast at the door :
is not the sound of his master '
s feet behind him ?
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And while he yet talked with them ,
behold ,
the messenger came down unto him :
and he said ,
Behold ,
this evil is of the LORD ;
what should I wait for the LORD any longer ?
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Then Elisha said ,
Hear ye the word of the LORD ;
Thus saith the LORD ,
To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel ,
and two measures of barley for a shekel ,
in the gate of Samaria .
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