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II Kings
Chapter 6
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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,
Behold
now, the place where we dwell with you
is
too strait for us.
2
Let us go, we pray you, unto Jordan,
and
take there every man a beam,
and
let us make us a place there,
where
we may dwell.
And
he answered, Go you.
3
And one said, Be content, I pray you,
and
go with your servants.
And
he answered, I will go.
4
So he went with them.
And
when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5
But as one was felling a beam,
the
axe head fell into the water
and
he cried, and said, Alas, master!
For
it was borrowed.
6
And the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead said,
Where
did it fall?
And
he showed him the place.
And
he cut down a stick,
and
cast it in there;
and
the iron did swim.
7
Therefore said he,
Take
it up to you.
And
he put out his hand, and took it.
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 'Elohiym/Godhead
sent
unto the king of Israel, saying,
Beware
that you pass not such a place;
for
there the Syrians are come down.
10
And the king of Israel sent to the place
which
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
told
him and warned him of,
and
saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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
you not show 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,
tells
the king of Israel
the
words that you speak
in
your bedchamber.
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.
14
Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots,
and
a great army/host.
And
they came by night,
and
surrounded the city.
15
And when the servant of the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
had
risen up early, and gone forth,
behold,
an army/host surrounded the city
both
with horses and chariots.
And
his servant said unto him,
Alas,
my master!
'What
are we going to do now'?
{idiom: literally: How shall we do?}
16
And he answered, Fear not . . .
for
those who be with us are more than
those
who be with them.
17
And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah/God,
I
pray you, open his eyes, that he may see.
And
Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God, and said,
Smite
this army/people, I pray you, 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 you seek.
But
he led them to Samaria.
20
And it came to pass,
when
they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
Jehovah/God,
open the eyes of these men,
that
they may see.
And
Jehovah/God 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, you shall not smite them.
Would
you smite those whom you have taken captive
with
your sword and with your 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
Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army/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,
{great starvation and any food is worth a lot of money}
and
the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung
for
five pieces of silver.
{even 're-processed food' is worth money -
now terrible starvation}
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 Jehovah/God do not help you,
why
shall I help you? . . .
out
of the barn-floor,
or
out of the winepress?
28
And the king said unto her, What ails you?
And
she answered, This woman said unto me,
Give
your son, that we may eat him today,
and
we will eat my son tomorrow.
{siege and starvation leads to eating their beloved children}
29
So we boiled my son, and did eat him
and
I said unto her on the next day,
Give
your son, that we may eat him
and
she has 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, 'Elohiym/Godhead do so
and
more also to me,
if
the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat
shall
remain 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
you how this son of a murderer
has
sent to take away my head?
Look,
when the messenger comes, 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 Jehovah/God;
what
should I wait for Jehovah/God any longer?
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