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And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16
And he answered, Fear not:
for they that
be
with us
are
more than they that
be
with them.
17
And Elisha prayed, and said, L
ORD
,
I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the L
ORD
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.
18
And
when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the L
ORD
, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee,
with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19
And Elisha said unto them, This
is
not the way, neither
is
this the city: follow me, and I will
bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20
And it came to pass, when they
were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, L
ORD
, open the eyes of these
men,
that they may see. And
the L
ORD
opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold,
they were
in the midst of Samaria.
21
And
the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite
them?
shall I smite
them?
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.
24
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went
up, and besieged Samaria.
25
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.
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 L
ORD
do not help thee,
whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
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 to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29
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.
30
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.
31
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.
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 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?
33
And
while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold,
this evil
is
of the L
ORD
; what should I wait for the L
ORD
any longer?
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