2Ki 6:32-33, 7:17-18 | ESV | STEP | Elisha was sitting in his house , and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence , but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders , Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head ? Look , when the messenger comes , shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

2 Kings 6:32-33

32 Elisha was sitting in his house, ^aand the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this ^bmurderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?” 33 And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! ^cWhy should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

2 Kings 7:17-18

17 Now the king had appointed ^dthe captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said ^ewhen the king came down to him. 18 For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”