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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.