2Kings:6:24-7
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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 ?