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Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the L
ORD
; Thus saith the L
ORD
, To morrow about this time
shall
a measure of fine flour
be sold
for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the
gate of Samaria.
2
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said,
Behold,
if
the L
ORD
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.
3
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?
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.
5
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to
the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold,
there was
no man there.
6
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.
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.
9
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 king’s household.
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
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 the city.
13
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.
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, 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.
16
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 L
ORD
.
17
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and
the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when
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