2Kings:6:8-33
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Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel ;
and he consulted with his servants ,
saying , "
My camp will be in such and such a place ."
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And the man of God sent to the king of Israel ,
saying , "
Beware that you do not pass this place ,
for the Syrians are coming down there ."
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Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him .
Thus he warned him ,
and he was watchful there ,
not just once or twice .
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Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing ;
and he called his servants and said to them , "
Will you not show 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 who is in Israel ,
tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom ."
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So he said , "
Go and see where he is ,
that I may send and get him ."
And it was told him ,
saying , "
Surely he is in Dothan ."
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Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there ,
and they came by night and surrounded the city .
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And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out ,
there was an army ,
surrounding the city with horses and chariots .
And his servant said to him , "
Alas ,
my master !
What shall we do ?"
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So he answered , "
Do not fear ,
for those who are with us are more than those who are with them ."
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And Elisha prayed ,
and said , "
LORD ,
I pray ,
open his eyes that he may see ."
Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ,
and he saw .
And behold ,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha .
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So when the Syrians came down to him ,
Elisha prayed to the LORD ,
and said , "
Strike this people ,
I pray ,
with blindness ."
And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha .
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Now Elisha said to them , "
This is not the way ,
nor is this the city .
Follow me ,
and I will bring you to the man whom you seek ."
But he led them to Samaria .
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So it was ,
when they had come to 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 there they were ,
inside Samaria !
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Now when the king of Israel saw them ,
he said to Elisha , "
My father ,
shall I kill them ?
Shall I kill them ?"
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But he answered , "
You shall not kill them .
Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow ?
Set food and water before them ,
that they may eat and drink and go to their master ."
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Then he prepared a great feast for them ;
and after they ate and drank ,
he sent them away and they went to their master .
So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel .
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And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad 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 indeed they besieged it until a donkey '
s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver ,
and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver .
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Then ,
as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall ,
a woman cried out to him ,
saying , "
Help ,
my lord ,
O king !"
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And he said , "
If the LORD does not help you ,
where can I find help for you ?
From the threshing floor or from the winepress ?"
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Then the king said to her , "
What is troubling you ?"
And she answered , "
This woman said to me , "
Give your 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 your son ,
that we may eat him ';
but she has hidden her son ."
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Now it happened ,
when the king heard the words of the woman ,
that he tore his clothes ;
and as he passed by on the wall ,
the people looked ,
and there underneath he had sackcloth on his body .
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Then he said , "
God do so to me and more also ,
if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today !"
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But Elisha was sitting in his house ,
and the elders were sitting with him .
And the king sent a man ahead of him ,
but before the messenger came to him ,
he said to the elders , "
Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head ?
Look ,
when the messenger comes ,
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 was still talking with them ,
there was the messenger ,
coming down to him ;
and then the king said , "
Surely this calamity is from the LORD ;
why should I wait for the LORD any longer ?"
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