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Then Elisha[H477]said[H559], Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]; Thus saith[H559] the LORD[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].
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Then a lord[H7991] on whose hand[H3027] the king[H4428]leaned[H8172]answered[H6030] the man[H376] of God[H430], and said[H559], Behold, if the LORD[H3068] would 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.
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And there were four[H702]leprous[H6879]men[H582] at the entering in[H6607] of the gate[H8179]: and they said[H559]one[H376] to another[H7453], Why sit[H3427] we here until we die?[H4191]
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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].
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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 uttermost part[H7097] of the camp[H4264] of Syria[H758], behold, there was no man[H376] there.
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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.
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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].
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And when these lepers[H6879]came[H935] to the uttermost 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 came[H935]again[H7725], and entered[H935] into another[H312]tent[H168], and carried[H5375] thence also, and went[H3212] and hid[H2934] it.
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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], some mischief[H5771] will come[H4672] upon us: now therefore come[H3212], that we may go[H935] and tell[H5046] the king's household[H1004].
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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 horses[H5483]tied[H631], and asses[H2543]tied[H631], and the tents[H168] as they were.
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And he called[H7121] the porters[H7778]; and they told[H5046] it to the king's house[H1004]within[H6441].
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And the king[H4428]arose[H6965] in the night[H3915], and said[H559] unto his servants[H5650], I will now shew[H5046] you what the Syrians[H758] have done[H6213] to us. They know[H3045] that we be 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 catch[H8610] them alive[H2416], and get[H935] into the city[H5892].
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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, I say, they are even as all the multitude[H1995] of the Israelites[H3478] that are consumed[H8552]:) and let us send[H7971] and see[H7200].
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They took[H3947] therefore two[H8147]chariot[H7393]horses[H5483]; and the king[H4428]sent[H7971]after[H310] the host[H4264] of the Syrians[H758], saying[H559], Go[H3212] and see[H7200].
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And they went[H3212]after[H310] them unto 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].
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And the people[H5971] went out[H3318], and spoiled[H962] the tents[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 the LORD[H3068].
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And the king[H4428]appointed[H6485] the lord[H7991] on whose hand[H3027] he leaned[H8172] to have the charge of the gate[H8179]: and the people[H5971]trode[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.
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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]:
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And that lord[H7991]answered[H6030] the man[H376] of God[H430], and said[H559], Now, behold, if the LORD[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.
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And so it fell out unto him: for the people[H5971]trode[H7429] upon him in the gate[H8179], and he died[H4191].