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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:
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And that lord answered the man of God, and said,
Now, behold,
if
the L
ORD
should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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And so it fell out unto him:
for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
CHAPTER KINGS 8
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou
and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the L
ORD
hath called for a
famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
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.
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.
5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had
restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to
the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this
is
the woman, and
this
is
her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
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.
7
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him,
saying, The man of God is come hither.
8
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine
hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the L
ORD
by him, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
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 stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad
king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
10
And Elisha said unto
him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the L
ORD
hath shewed me that he
shall surely die.
11
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man
of God wept.
12
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the
evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their
young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with
child.
13
And Hazael said, But what,
is
thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And
Elisha answered, The L
ORD
hath shewed me that thou
shalt be
king over Syria.
14
So he departed
from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered,
He told me
that
thou shouldest surely recover.
15
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took
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