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And the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030]said[H559]unto[H6440]Elisha[H477], Behold now, the place[H4725] where we dwell[H3427] with thee is too strait[H6862] for us.
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Let us go[H3212], we pray thee, unto Jordan[H3383], and take[H3947] thence every man[H376]a[H259]beam[H6982], and let us make[H6213] us a[H259]place[H4725] there, where we may dwell[H3427]. And he answered[H559], Go[H3212] ye.
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And one[H259]said[H559], Be content[H2974], I pray thee, and go[H3212] with thy servants[H5650]. And he answered[H559], I will go[H3212].
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So he went[H3212] with them. And when they came[H935] to Jordan[H3383], they cut down[H1504]wood[H6086].
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But as one[H259] was felling[H5307] a beam[H6982], the axe head[H1270]fell[H5307] into the water[H4325]: and he cried[H6817], and said[H559], Alas[H162], master[H113]! for it was borrowed[H7592].
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And the man[H376] of God[H430]said[H559], Where[H575]fell[H5307] it? And he shewed[H7200] him the place[H4725]. And he cut down[H7094] a stick[H6086], and cast[H7993] it in thither; and the iron[H1270] did swim[H6687].
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Therefore said[H559] he, Take it up[H7311] to thee. And he put out[H7971] his hand[H3027], and took[H3947] it.
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Then the king[H4428] of Syria[H758]warred[H3898] against Israel[H3478], and took counsel[H3289] with his servants[H5650], saying[H559], In such[H6423] and such[H492] a place[H4725] shall be my camp[H8466].
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And the man[H376] of God[H430]sent[H7971] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Beware[H8104] that thou pass[H5674] not such[H2088] a place[H4725]; for thither the Syrians[H758] are come down[H5185].
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And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]sent[H7971] to the place[H4725] which the man[H376] of God[H430]told[H559] him and warned[H2094] him of, and saved[H8104] himself there, not once[H259] nor twice[H8147].
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Therefore the heart[H3820] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] was sore troubled[H5590] for this thing[H1697]; and he called[H7121] his servants[H5650], and said[H559] unto them, Will ye not shew[H5046] me which of us is for the king[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]
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And one[H259] of his servants[H5650]said[H559], None, my lord[H113], O king[H4428]: but Elisha[H477], the prophet[H5030] that is in Israel[H3478], telleth[H5046] the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] the words[H1697] that thou speakest[H1696] in thy bedchamber[H2315].
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And he said[H559], Go[H3212] and spy[H7200]where[H351] he is, that I may send[H7971] and fetch[H3947] him. And it was told[H5046] him, saying[H559], Behold, he is in Dothan[H1886].
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Therefore sent[H7971] he thither horses[H5483], and chariots[H7393], and a great[H3515]host[H2428]: and they came[H935] by night[H3915], and compassed[H5362] the city[H5892]about[H5362].
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And when the servant[H8334] of the man[H376] of God[H430] was risen[H6965]early[H7925], and gone forth[H3318], behold, an host[H2428]compassed[H5437] the city[H5892] both with horses[H5483] and chariots[H7393]. And his servant[H5288]said[H559] unto him, Alas[H162], my master[H113]! how shall we do?[H6213]
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And he answered[H559], Fear[H3372] not: for they that be with us are more[H7227] than they that be with them.
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And Elisha[H477]prayed[H6419], and said[H559], LORD[H3068], I pray thee, open[H6491] his eyes[H5869], that he may see[H7200]. And the LORD[H3068]opened[H6491] the eyes[H5869] of the young man[H5288]; and he saw[H7200]: and, behold, the mountain[H2022] was full[H4390] of horses[H5483] and chariots[H7393] of fire[H784] round about[H5439]Elisha[H477].
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And when they came down[H3381] to him, Elisha[H477]prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], Smite[H5221] this people[H1471], I pray thee, with blindness[H5575]. And he smote[H5221] them with blindness[H5575] according to the word[H1697] of Elisha[H477].
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto them, This[H2090] is not the way[H1870], neither is this[H2090] the city[H5892]: follow[H3212] me, and I will bring[H3212] you to the man[H376] whom ye seek[H1245]. But he led[H3212] them to Samaria[H8111].
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And it came to pass, when they were come[H935] into Samaria[H8111], that Elisha[H477]said[H559], LORD[H3068], open[H6491] the eyes[H5869] of these men, that they may see[H7200]. And the LORD[H3068]opened[H6491] their eyes[H5869], and they saw[H7200]; and, behold, they were in the midst[H8432] of Samaria[H8111].
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And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]said[H559] unto Elisha[H477], when he saw[H7200] them, My father[H1], shall I smite[H5221] them? shall I smite[H5221] them?
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And he answered[H559], Thou shalt not smite[H5221] them: wouldest thou smite[H5221] those whom thou hast taken captive[H7617] with thy sword[H2719] and with thy bow?[H7198]set[H7760]bread[H3899] and water[H4325]before[H6440] them, that they may eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and go[H3212] to their master[H113].
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And he prepared[H3739]great[H1419]provision[H3740] for them: and when they had eaten[H398] and drunk[H8354], he sent them away[H7971], and they went[H3212] to their master[H113]. So the bands[H1416] of Syria[H758]came[H935] no more[H3254] into the land[H776] of Israel[H3478].
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And it came to pass after this[H310], that Benhadad[H1130]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]gathered[H6908] all his host[H4264], and went up[H5927], and besieged[H6696]Samaria[H8111].
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And there was a great[H1419]famine[H7458] in Samaria[H8111]: and, behold, they besieged[H6696] it, until an ass's head[H7218] was sold for fourscore[H8084] pieces of silver[H3701], and the fourth part[H7255] of a cab[H6894] of dove's dung[H1686] for five[H2568] pieces of silver[H3701].
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And as the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] was passing by[H5674] upon the wall[H2346], there cried[H6817] a woman[H802] unto him, saying[H559], Help[H3467], my lord[H113], O king[H4428].
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And he said[H559], If the LORD[H3068] do not help[H3467] thee, whence[H370] shall I help[H3467] thee? out of the barnfloor[H1637], or out of the winepress?[H3342]
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered[H559], This woman[H802]said[H559] unto me, Give[H5414] thy son[H1121], that we may eat[H398] him to day[H3117], and we will eat[H398] my son[H1121] to morrow[H4279].
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So we boiled[H1310] my son[H1121], and did eat[H398] him: and I said[H559] unto her on the next[H312]day[H3117], Give[H5414] thy son[H1121], that we may eat[H398] him: and she hath hid[H2244] her son[H1121].
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And it came to pass, when the king[H4428]heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the woman[H802], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899]; and he passed by[H5674] upon the wall[H2346], and the people[H5971]looked[H7200], and, behold, he had sackcloth[H8242]within[H1004] upon his flesh[H1320].
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Then he said[H559], God[H430]do[H6213] so and more[H3254] also to me, if the head[H7218] of Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202] shall stand[H5975] on him this day[H3117].
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But Elisha[H477]sat[H3427] in his house[H1004], and the elders[H2205]sat[H3427] with him; and the king sent[H7971] a man[H376] from before[H6440] him: but ere the messenger[H4397]came[H935] to him, he said[H559] to the elders[H2205], See[H7200] ye how this son[H1121] of a murderer[H7523] hath sent[H7971] to take away[H5493] mine head?[H7218]look[H7200], when the messenger[H4397]cometh[H935], shut[H5462] the door[H1817], and hold him fast[H3905] at the door[H1817]: is not the sound[H6963] of his master's feet[H7272]behind[H310] him?
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And while he yet talked[H1696] with them, behold, the messenger[H4397] came down[H3381] unto him: and he said[H559], Behold, this evil[H7451] is of the LORD[H3068]; what should I wait[H3176] for the LORD[H3068] any longer?