And Elisha{H477} said,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068} thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} To-morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256} shall a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} be [sold] for a shekel,{H8255} and two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} in the gate{H8179} of Samaria.{H8111}

Then the captain{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} the king{H4428} leaned{H8172} answered{H6030} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and said,{H559} Behold, if Jehovah{H3068} should make{H6213} windows{H699} in heaven,{H8064} might this thing{H1697} be? And he said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} it with thine eyes,{H5869} but shalt not eat{H398} thereof.

Now there were four{H702} leprous{H6879} men{H582} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate:{H8179} and they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} Why sit{H3427} we here until we die?{H4191}

If we say,{H559} We will enter{H935} into the city,{H5892} then the famine{H7458} is in the city,{H5892} and we shall die{H4191} there; and if we sit still{H3427} here, we die{H4191} also. Now therefore come,{H3212} and let us fall{H5307} unto the host{H4264} of the Syrians:{H758} if they save us alive,{H2421} we shall live;{H2421} and if they kill{H4191} us, we shall but die.{H4191}

And they rose up{H6965} in the twilight,{H5399} to go{H935} unto the camp{H4264} of the Syrians;{H758} and when they were come{H935} to the outermost part{H7097} of the camp{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} behold, there was no man{H376} there.

For the Lord{H136} had made the host{H4264} of the Syrians{H758} to hear{H8085} a noise{H6963} of chariots,{H7393} and a noise{H6963} of horses,{H5483} even the noise{H6963} of a great{H1419} host:{H2428} and they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} Lo, the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} hath hired{H7936} against us the kings{H4428} of the Hittites,{H2850} and the kings{H4428} of the Egyptians,{H4714} to come{H935} upon us.

Wherefore they arose{H6965} and fled{H5127} in the twilight,{H5399} and left{H5800} their tents,{H168} and their horses,{H5483} and their asses,{H2543} even the camp{H4264} as it was, and fled{H5127} for their life.{H5315}

And when these lepers{H6879} came{H935} to the outermost part{H7097} of the camp,{H4264} they went{H935} into one{H259} tent,{H168} and did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and carried{H5375} thence silver,{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and raiment,{H899} and went{H3212} and hid{H2934} it; and they came back,{H7725} and entered{H935} into another{H312} tent,{H168} and carried{H5375} thence also, and went{H3212} and hid{H2934} it.

Then they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H7453} We do{H6213} not well; this day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of good tidings,{H1309} and we hold our peace:{H2814} if we tarry{H2442} till the morning{H1242} light,{H216} punishment{H5771} will overtake{H4672} us; now therefore come,{H4672} let us go{H3212} and tell{H5046} the king's{H4428} household.{H1004}

So they came{H935} and called{H7121} unto the porter{H7778} of the city;{H5892} and they told{H5046} them, saying,{H559} We came{H935} to the camp{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} and, behold, there was no man{H376} there, neither voice{H6963} of man,{H120} but the horses{H5483} tied,{H631} and the asses{H2543} tied,{H631} and the tents{H168} as they were.

And he called{H7121} the porters;{H7778} and they told{H5046} it to the king's{H4428} household{H1004} within.{H6441}

And the king{H4428} arose{H6965} in the night,{H3915} and said{H559} unto his servants,{H5650} I will now show{H5046} you what the Syrians{H758} have done{H6213} to us. They know{H3045} that we are hungry;{H7457} therefore are they gone out{H3318} of the camp{H4264} to hide{H2247} themselves in the field,{H7704} saying,{H559} When they come out{H3318} of the city,{H5892} we shall take{H8610} them alive,{H2416} and get{H935} into the city.{H5892}

And one{H259} of his servants{H5650} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Let some take,{H3947} I pray thee, five{H2568} of the horses{H5483} that remain,{H7604} which are left{H7604} in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude{H1995} of Israel{H3478} that are left{H7604} in it; behold, they are as all the multitude{H1995} of Israel{H3478} that are consumed);{H8552} and let us send{H7971} and see.{H7200}

They took{H3947} therefore two{H8147} chariots{H7393} with horses;{H5483} and the king{H4428} sent{H7971} after{H310} the host{H4264} of the Syrians,{H758} saying,{H559} Go{H3212} and see.{H7200}

And they went{H3212} after{H310} them unto the Jordan:{H3383} and, lo, all the way{H1870} was full{H4392} of garments{H899} and vessels,{H3627} which the Syrians{H758} had cast away{H7993} in their haste.{H2648} And the messengers{H4397} returned,{H7725} and told{H5046} the king.{H4428}

And the people{H5971} went out,{H3318} and plundered{H962} the camp{H4264} of the Syrians.{H758} So a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} was [sold] for a shekel,{H8255} and two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And the king{H4428} appointed{H6485} the captain{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} he leaned{H8172} to have the charge of the gate:{H8179} and the people{H5971} trod{H7429} upon him in the gate,{H8179} and he died{H4191} as the man{H376} of God{H430} had said,{H1696} who spake{H1696} when the king{H4428} came down{H3381} to him.

And it came to pass, as the man{H376} of God{H430} had spoken{H1696} to the king,{H4428} saying,{H559} Two measures{H5429} of barley{H8184} for a shekel,{H8255} and a measure{H5429} of fine flour{H5560} for a shekel,{H8255} shall be to-morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256} in the gate{H8179} of Samaria;{H8111}

and that captain{H7991} answered{H6030} the man{H376} of God,{H430} and said,{H559} Now, behold, if Jehovah{H3068} should make{H6213} windows{H699} in heaven,{H8064} might such a thing{H1697} be? and he said,{H559} Behold, thou shalt see{H7200} it with thine eyes,{H5869} but shalt not eat{H398} thereof:

it came to pass even so unto him; for the people{H5971} trod{H7429} upon him in the gate,{H8179} and he died.{H4191}