ULT 2 KI Chapter 7

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7 And Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh: ‘At this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will be at a shekel, and two seahs of barley will be at a shekel in the gate of Samaria.’ ” 2 And the captain who was to the king, leaning himself on his hand, answered the man of God and said, “Behold Yahweh, making windows in the heavens, may this thing be?” And he said, “Behold you, seeing with your eyes, but from there you will not eat.”

3 Now four men were lepers at the entrance of the gate. And they said, a man to his fellow, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then famine is in the city, and we will die there. But if we sit here, then we will die. And now, come, let us fall to the camp of Aram. If they let us live, we will live. And if they kill us, then we will die.” 5 So they arose in the twilight to go to the camp of Aram. And they came to the edge of the camp of Aram, and behold, not a man was there. 6 For the Lord had made the camp of Aram hear the sound of chariotry, the sound of a horse, the sound of a great army. And they said, a man to his brother, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come against us.” 7 And they arose, and they fled in the twilight. And they abandoned their tents and their horses and their donkeys, the camp just as it was, and they fled for their life. 8 And those lepers came to the edge of the camp, and they went into one tent, and they ate, and they drank. And they carried away from there silver and gold and clothing, and they went, and they hid it. Then they returned, and they went into another tent, and they carried away from there, and they went, and they hid it.

9 And they said, a man to his fellow, “We should not be doing thus this day. It is a day of good news, but we are being quiet. If we wait until the light of morning, then punishment will find us. And now, go, and let us come and inform the house of the king.” 10 And they came and called to the gatekeeper of the city. And they declared to them, saying, “We came to the camp of Aram, and behold, there was not a man there or the sound of a man, but the horse was tied, and the donkey was tied, and the tents were just as they were.” 11 And the gatekeepers called, and they informed the house of the king within. 12 And the king arose at night, and he said to his servants, “Please let me declare to you what Aram has done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘For they will come out from the city, and we will capture them alive, and we will enter into the city.’ ” 13 And one from his servants answered and said, “Now please let us take five of the remaining horses that remain in it. Behold them, like all of the multitude of Israel who remain in it. Behold them, like all of the multitude of Israel who have finished. So let us send, and let us see.” 14 And they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the camp of Aram, saying, “Go and see.” 15 And they went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all of the road was full with clothes and equipment that Aram had thrown away in their hastening themselves. And the messengers returned, and they declared to the king.

16 And the people went out, and they plundered the camp of Aram. And it happened, a seah of fine flour was at a shekel, and two seahs of barley were at a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh. 17 And the king appointed the captain on whom he was leaning himself on his hand over the gate, but the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had spoken, what he spoke when the king came down to him. 18 And it had happened, when the man of God spoke to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley will be at a shekel, and a seah of flour will be at a shekel, it will be at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,” 19 that the captain had answered the man of God and said, “Behold Yahweh, making windows in the heavens, may this thing be?” And he had said, “Behold you, seeing with your eyes, but from there you will not eat.” 20 And thus it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

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ULT 2 KI Chapter 7

ULT 2 KI Chapter 7