m 41 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. 7 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 g 42 ¶ And there came a man from to recover a man of his leprosy ? Baal-shaiisha, and brought the man Wherefore consider, pray you, of God bread of the first-fruits, and see how he seeketh a quarrel twenty loaves of barley, and full against me. ears of corn in the husk thereof.8 ¶ And it was so, when Elisha And he said, Give unto the people, the man of God had heard that the that they may eat. m44 So he set it before them, and CHAP. V. TOW Naaman, captain of 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. 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. A 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Now of Syria, Jordan seven times, and thy flesh 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. f 5 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. 6 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. shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. c 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, 1 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. c 12 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. ƒ 13 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? m 14 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. 15 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. 16 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. o 17 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. D18 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. f 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 20 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. f 21 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? he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. p 25 But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gebazi ? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him, Went not my 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 olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? w 27 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. CHAP. VI. Avaid unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. ND the sons of the prophets g 2 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. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. a 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water: and p22 And he said, All is well. My he cried, and said, Alas, masier! master hath sent me, saying, Behold, for it was borrowed. even now there be come to me from m 6 And the man of God said, mount Ephraim two young men of Where fell it? And he shewed him the sons of the prophets give them, the place. And he cut down a stick, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and and cast it in thither; and the iron two changes of garments. f 23 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. 24 And when he came to the tower, did swim. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. ƒ 8 ¶ 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. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware m 20 And it came to pass, when that thou pass not such a place; for they were come into Samaria, that thither the Syrians are come down. Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of 10 And the king of Israel sent to these men, that they may see. And the place which the man of God the LORD opened their eyes, and told him and warned him of, and they saw; and behold, they were in saved himself there, not once nor the midst of Samaria. twice. f 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? f 11 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? 12 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 bed-chamber. g 13 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. f14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. d 22 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. 23 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. f 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and 25 And there was a great famine gone forth, behold, a host compassed in Samaria: and behold, they bethe city both with horses and cha-sieged it, until an ass's head was sold riots. And his servant said unto him, for fourscore pieces of silver, and the Alas, my master! how shall we do? fourth part of a cab of dove's dung d 16 And he answered, Fear not for five pieces of silver. for they that he with us are more than they that be with them. 17 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. m 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he sinote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press? 8 28 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 today, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did f 19 ¶ And Elisha said unto them, eat him and I said unto her on the This is not the way, neither is this next day, Give thy son, that we the city follow me, and I will bring may eat him: and she hath hid her you to the man whom ye seek. But son. he led them to Samaria. 30 ¶ And it came to pass. when the king heard the words of the light to go unto the camp of the Sywoman, that he rent his clothes; and rians: and when they were come to he passed by upon the wall, and the uttermost part of the camp of the people looked, and behold, he Syria, behold, there was no man had sackcloth within upon his flesh. there. 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. c 31 Then he said, God do so and m 6 For the LORD had made the more also to me, if the head of Eli-host of the Syrians to hear a noise sha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. f 32 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 my 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? 33 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? CHAP. VII. 7 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. 8 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. THEN Elisha said, Hear ye 9 Then they said one to another, the word of the LORD; Thus We do not well: this day is a day saith the LORD, To-morrow about of good tidings, and we hold our this time shall a measure of fine flour peace: if we tarry till the morningbe sold for a shekel, and two mea-light, some mischief will come upon sures of barley for a shekel, in the us: now therefore come, that we may gate of Samaria. go and tell the king's household. c2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3T And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? a 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. ƒ 5 And they rose up in the 10 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. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within." 12 T 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; 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 twi-the city. 13 And one of his servants an-journ wheresoever thou canst soswered and said, Let some take, I journ: for the LORD hath called for pray thee, five of the horses that re-a famine; and it shall also come main, which are left in the city, (be- upon the land seven years. hold, 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. 14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and fo, 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. and 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house, and for her land. f 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. a 16 And the people went out, spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So, 5 And it came to pass, as he was a measure of fine flour was sold for telling the king how he had restored a shekel, and two measures of bar-a dead body to life, that behold, the ley for a shekel, according to the woman, whose son he had restored word of the LORD. to life, cried to the king for her f 17 And the king appointed the house and for her land. And Geford on whose hand he leaned to hazi said, My lord, O king, this is have the charge of the gate: and the woman, and this is her son, the people trode upon him in the whom Elisha restored to life. gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. a 18 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 7 ¶ And Elisha came to Damasabout this time in the gate of Sama- cus and Ben-hadad the king of ria: Syria was sick; and it was told r 19 And that lord answered the him, saying, The man of God is man of God, and said, Now, behold, come hither. if the LORD should make windows f 8 And the king said unto Hazain heaven, might such a thing be ?el, Take a present in thy hand, and And he said, Behold, thou shalt see go, meet the man of God, and init with thine eyes, but shalt not eat quire of the LORD by him, saying, thereof. Shall I recover of this disease! a 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAP. VIII. 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and HEN spake Elisha unto the stood before him, and said, Thy son woman, whose son he had Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent restored to life, saying, Arise, and me to thee, saying, Shall I recover go thou and thy household, and so-of this disease? STHEN |