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And it came to pass after this ,
that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army ,
and went up ,
and besieged Samaria .
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And there was a great famine in Samaria .
And ,
behold ,
they besieged it until a donkey '
s head was sold for eighty [
pieces ]
of silver ,
and the fourth part of a kab 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 ,
a woman cried out to him ,
saying ,
Help ,
my lord ,
O king .
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And he said ,
If LORD does not help thee ,
from where shall I help thee ?
Out of the threshing-floor ,
or out of the winepress ?
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And the king said to her ,
What troubles thee ?
And she answered ,
This woman said to me ,
Give thy son that we may eat him today ,
and we will eat my son tomorrow .
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So we boiled my son ,
and ate him .
And I said to her on the next day ,
Give thy son that we may eat him .
And she has hid her son .
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And it came to pass ,
when the king heard the words of the woman ,
that he tore his clothes (
now he was passing by upon the wall ).
And the people looked ,
and ,
behold ,
he had sackcloth inside upon his flesh .
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Then he said ,
God do so to me ,
and more also ,
if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day .
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But Elisha was sitting in his house ,
and the elders were sitting with him .
And [
the king ]
sent a man from before him ,
but before the messenger came to him ,
he said to the elders ,
Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to tak
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And while he was yet talking with them ,
behold ,
the messenger came down to him ,
and he said ,
Behold ,
this evil is of LORD .
Why should I wait for LORD any longer ?