2Ki 7 | ABEn | STEP | And Elisha said, Hear the word of the lord ! Thus says the lord , At this same hour tomorrow, a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.

2 Kings 7

CHAPTER 7 The Syrian Army Abandons Camp

1 And Elisha said, Hear the word of the lord! Thus says the lord, At this same hour tomorrow, a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria. 2 And [³responded ¹the ²tribune] (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) to the man of God, and he said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall [²be ¹this thing], no. And Elisha said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but [³from there ¹you shall not ²eat]. 3 And four men, lepers, were by the door of the city. And said one man to his neighbor, Why do we sit here until we die? 4 If we should say, We should enter into the city, and the famine is in the city, then we shall die there. And if we sit here, then we shall die. And now, come, and we shall fall into the camp of Syria. If they should bring us forth alive, then we shall live. And if they should kill us, then we shall die. 5 And they rose up in the darkness to enter into the camp of Syria. And they entered unto a part of the camp of Syria. And behold, there was not a man there. 6 For the lord [²audible ¹made] in the camp of Syria a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, and a sound [²force ¹of a great]. And [²said ¹each man] to his neighbor, Behold, [⁴has hired ⁵against ⁶us ¹the ²king ³of Israel] the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us. 7 And they rose up, and ran away in the darkness. And they abandoned their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, as was in the camp; and they fled for their lives. 8 And [²came ¹these lepers] unto a part of the camp. And they entered into [²tent ¹one], and ate, and drank, and lifted from there silver, and gold, and clothes, and they went and hid everything. And they returned and entered into [²tent ¹another], and they took from there, and went and hid them. 9 And said one man to his neighbor, [²not ³thus ¹We are] doing right. This day [²a day ³of good news ¹is], and we keep silent, and are waiting until light of the morning, and we shall find iniquity. Now then, come, we should go and announce to the house of the king. 10 And they entered and yelled by the gate of the city. And they announced to them, saying, We entered into the camp of Syria, and behold, there is not there a man nor a voice of a man, but only a horse being tied and a donkey being tied, and their tents as they are. 11 And they called the doorkeepers. And they announce to the house of the king inside. 12 And [³rose up ¹the ²king] in the night, and said to his servants, I shall report indeed to you what [³have done ⁴to us ¹the ²Syrians]. They know that we hunger, and they went forth from out of the camp, to hide in a field, saying, They shall come forth from out of the city, and we shall seize them alive, and we shall enter into the city. 13 And answered one of his servants, and said, Let them take indeed five of the horses, of the ones being left behind, which they left behind here. Behold, they are for all the multitude of Israel faltering; for we will send there and see. 14 And they took two riders of horses; and [⁴sent them ¹the ²king ³of Israel] after Syria, saying, Go and see! 15 And they went after them unto the Jordan. And behold, all the way was full of clothes and items, which the Syrians tossed in their being distraught. And [³returned ¹the ²messengers], and announced to the king. 16 And [³came forth ¹the ²people], and they tore in pieces the camp of Syria. And [³became worth ¹a measure ²of fine flour] a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the saying of the lord. 17 And the king placed the tribune (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) over the gate. And [³trampled ⁴him ¹the ²people] at the gate, and he died as [⁴said ¹the ²man ³of God], who spoke with the [²coming down ¹messenger] to him. 18 And it came to pass as Elisha said to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and it will be at this hour tomorrow at the gate of Samaria. 19 And [³answered ¹the ²tribune] to the man of God, and said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall [²be ¹this thing], no. And [⁴said ¹the ²man ³of God] Behold, you will see with your eyes, but from there you will not eat. 20 And it came to pass so; and [³trampled ⁴him ¹the ²people] in the gate, and he died.