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II Kings
Chapter 7
1
Then Elisha said,
"Hear
you the word of Jehovah/God.
Thus
said Jehovah/God,
'Tomorrow
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.' "
{Note:
RBT said it appeared Samaria was about to be taken. The collapse of
the Northern Kingdom was due to the economic conditions at this time.
The Syrians/Arameans are trying to take advantage of the economic depression.}
2
Then an adjutant {shaliysh}
on
whose hand the king leaned
answered
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead, and said,
'Behold,
if Jehovah/God
would
make windows in heaven, might this thing be?"
And
he said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes,
but
shall not eat thereof."
{Conversation
of 4 Hopeless Lepers}
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?"
4a~~If
we say,
"We
will enter into the city,
then
the famine is in the city,
and
we shall die there.
{Note:
A city under siege, people died horribly of salvation. And, no one
would give lepers food under these conditions.}
4b~~And
if we sit still here, we die also.
Now
therefore come,
and
let us 'go to'/'fall under'
the
{bivouac of} army/host of the Syrians.
If
they save us alive, we shall live.
And
if they kill us, we shall but die."
{but at least the death would be quick}
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 sentry there.
{there were no guards!}
{The
Great Syrian Army Ran Before the Noise of Chariots}
6a~~For
the Lord/'Adonay
had
made the army/host of the Syrians/Arameans {'Aram}
to
hear a noise of chariots,
and
a noise of horses,
even
the noise of a great army/host.
And
they said one to another,
"Lo,
the kings of Israel have hired against us
the
kings of the Hittites,
and
the kings of the Egyptians,
to
come upon us.
{Note:
For hundreds of years, the Hittites have beaten up on the Syrians.
And, every time, the Syrians heard the sound of their chariots first!
So, now they ran for no reason.}
7~~Therefore
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 away the silver, and gold, and raiment,
and
went and hid it.
And
came again,
and
entered into another tent,
and
carried what was there away 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 delay/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 show you what the Syrians have done to us.
They
know that we are 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 you, five of the horses that remain,
which
are left in the city,
(behold,
they are as all the multitude of Israel
who
are left in it . . .
behold,
I say, they are even as all the multitude
of
the Israelites who are consumed)
and
let us send and see."
14
They took therefore two chariot horses
and
the king sent after the army/host of the Syrians, saying,
"Go
and see."
15
And they went after them unto Jordan {Jordan River}.
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 Jehovah/God.
17
And the king appointed the adjutant {shaliysh}
on
whose hand he leaned
to
have the charge of the gate.
And
the people trampled him in the gate, and he died . . .
as
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead had said . . .
who
spoke when the king came down to him.
18
And it came to pass as the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
had
spoken to the king, saying,
"Two
measures of barley for a shekel,
and
a measure of fine flour for a shekel,
shall
be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria."
19
And that adjutant answered the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
said, "Now, behold,
if
Jehovah/God should make windows in heaven,
might
such a thing be?"
And
he said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes,
but
shall not eat thereof."
20
And so it fell out unto him . . .
for
the people trampled him in the gate,
and
he died.
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