2Kings:7:6-18
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For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots ,
and a noise of horses ,
even the noise of a great host :
and they said one to another ,
Lo ,
the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites ,
and the kings of the Egyptians ,
to come upon us .
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Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight ,
and left their tents ,
and their horses ,
and their asses ,
even the camp as it was ,
and fled for their life .
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And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp ,
they went into one tent ,
and did eat and drink ,
and carried thence silver ,
and gold ,
and raiment ,
and went and hid it ;
and came again ,
and entered into another tent ,
and carried thence also ,
and went and hid it .
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Then they said one to another ,
We do not well :
this day is a day of good tidings ,
and we hold our peace :
if we tarry till the morning light ,
some mischief will come upon us :
now therefore come ,
that we may go and tell the kings household .
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So they came and called unto the porter of the city :
and they told them ,
saying ,
We came to the camp of the Syrians ,
and ,
behold ,
there was no man there ,
neither voice of man ,
but horses tied ,
and asses tied ,
and the tents as they were .
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And he called the porters show #
er #;
and they told it to the kings house within .
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And the king arose in the night ,
and said unto his servants ,
I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us .
They know that we be hungry ra #
eb #;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field ,
saying ,
When they come out of the city ,
we shall catch them alive ,
and get into the city .
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And one of his servants answered and said ,
Let some take ,
I pray thee ,
five of the horses that remain ,
which are left in the city , (
behold ,
they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it :
behold ,
I say ,
they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed :)
and let us send and see .
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They took therefore two chariot horses ;
and the king sent after the host of the Syrians ,
saying ,
Go and see .
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And they went after them unto Jordan :
and ,
lo ,
all the way was full of garments and vessels ,
which the Syrians had cast away in their haste .
And the messengers returned ,
and told the king .
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And the people went out ,
and spoiled the tents of the Syrians .
So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel ,
and two measures of barley for a shekel ,
according to the word of the LORD .
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And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate sha #
ar #:
and the people trode upon him in the gate sha #
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and he died ,
as the man of God had said ,
who spake when the king came down to him .
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And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king ,
saying ,
Two measures of barley for a shekel ,
and a measure of fine flour for a shekel ,
shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria :