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1. Elisha said, "Listen to the Lord's word. This is what the Lord says: 'About this time tomorrow seven quarts of fine flour will be sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, and thirteen quarts of barley will be sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver. This will happen at the gate of Samaria.'"
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1. Then Elisha H477 said H559 , Hear H8085 ye the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 ; Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Tomorrow 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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2. Then the officer who was close to the king answered Elisha, "Even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn't happen." Elisha said, "You will see it with your eyes, but you will not eat any of it."
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2. Then a lord H7991 on H5921 whose H834 hand H3027 the king H4428 leaned H8172 answered H6030 H853 the man H376 of God H430 , and said H559 , Behold H2009 , if the LORD H3068 would make H6213 windows H699 in heaven H8064 , might this H2088 thing H1697 be H1961 ? And he said H559 , Behold H2009 , thou shalt see H7200 it with thine eyes H5869 , but shalt not H3808 eat H398 thereof H4480 H8033 .
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3. There were four men with a skin disease at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other, "Why do we sit here until we die?
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3. And there were H1961 four H702 leprous H6879 men H376 at the entering in H6607 of the gate H8179 : and they said H559 one H376 to H413 another H7453 , Why H4100 sit H3427 we H587 here H6311 until H5704 we die H4191 ?
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4. There is no food in the city. So if we go into the city, we will die there. If we stay here, we will die. So let's go to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we will live. If they kill us, we die."
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4. If H518 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 H8033 : and if H518 we sit H3427 still here H6311 , we die H4191 also. Now H6258 therefore come H1980 , and let us fall H5307 unto H413 the host H4264 of the Syrians H758 : if H518 they save us alive H2421 , we shall live H2421 ; and if H518 they kill H4191 us , we shall but die H4191 .
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5. So they got up at twilight and went to the Aramean camp, but when they arrived, no one was there.
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5. And they rose up H6965 in the twilight H5399 , to go H935 unto H413 the camp H4264 of the Syrians H758 : and when they were come H935 to H5704 the uttermost part H7097 of the camp H4264 of Syria H758 , behold H2009 , there was no H369 man H376 there H8033 .
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6. The Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army. They had said to each other, "The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"
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6. For the Lord H136 had made H853 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 H413 another H251 , Lo H2009 , the king H4428 of Israel H3478 hath hired H7936 against H5921 us H853 the kings H4428 of the Hittites H2850 , and the kings H4428 of the Egyptians H4714 , to come H935 upon H5921 us.
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7. So they got up and ran away in the twilight, leaving their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp standing and ran for their lives.
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7. Wherefore they arose H6965 and fled H5127 in the twilight H5399 , and left H5800 H853 their tents H168 , and their horses H5483 , and their asses H2543 , even the camp H4264 as H834 it H1931 was , and fled H5127 for H413 their life H5315 .
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8. When the men with the skin disease came to the edge of the camp, they went into one of the tents and ate and drank. They carried silver, gold, and clothes out of the camp and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent. They carried things from this tent and hid them, also.
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8. And when these H428 lepers H6879 came H935 to H5704 the uttermost part H7097 of the camp H4264 , they went H935 into H413 one H259 tent H168 , and did eat H398 and drink H8354 , and carried H5375 thence H4480 H8033 silver H3701 , and gold H2091 , and raiment H899 , and went H1980 and hid H2934 it ; and came again H7725 , and entered H935 into H413 another H312 tent H168 , and carried H5375 thence H4480 H8033 also , and went H1980 and hid H2934 it .
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9. Then they said to each other, "We're doing wrong. Today we have good news, but we are silent. If we wait until the sun comes up, we'll be discovered. Let's go right now and tell the people in the king's palace."
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9. Then they said H559 one H376 to H413 another H7453 , We H587 do H6213 not H3808 well H3651 : this H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good tidings H1309 , and we H587 hold our peace H2814 : if we tarry H2442 till H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 , some mischief H5771 will come upon H4672 us: now H6258 therefore come H1980 , that we may go H935 and tell H5046 the king H4428 's household H1004 .
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10. So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They said, "We went to the Aramean camp, but no one is there; we didn't hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up, and the tents were still standing."
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10. So they came H935 and called H7121 unto H413 the porter H7778 of the city H5892 : and they told H5046 them, saying H559 , We came H935 to H413 the camp H4264 of the Syrians H758 , and, behold H2009 , there was no H369 man H376 there H8033 , neither voice H6963 of man H120 , but H3588 H518 horses H5483 tied H631 , and asses H2543 tied H631 , and the tents H168 as H834 they H1992 were .
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11. Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.
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11. And he called H7121 the porters H7778 ; and they told H5046 it to the king H4428 's house H1004 within H6441 .
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12. The king got up in the night and said to his officers, "I'll tell you what the Arameans are doing to us. They know we are starving. They have gone out of the camp to hide in the field. They're saying, 'When the Israelites come out of the city, we'll capture them alive. Then we'll enter the city.'"
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12. And the king H4428 arose H6965 in the night H3915 , and said H559 unto H413 his servants H5650 , I will now H4994 show H5046 you H853 what H834 the Syrians H758 have done H6213 to us . They know H3045 that H3588 we H587 be hungry H7457 ; therefore are they gone out H3318 of H4480 the camp H4264 to hide themselves H2247 in the field H7704 , saying H559 , When H3588 they come out H3318 of H4480 the city H5892 , we shall catch H8610 them alive H2416 , and get H935 into H413 the city H5892 .
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13. One of his officers answered, "Let some men take five of the horses that are still left in the city. These men are like all the Israelites who are left; they are also about to die. Let's send them to see what has happened."
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13. And one H259 of his servants H4480 H5650 answered H6030 and said H559 , Let some take H3947 , I pray thee H4994 , five H2568 of H4480 the horses H5483 that remain H7604 , which H834 are left H7604 in the city, ( behold H2009 , they are as all H3605 the multitude H1995 of Israel H3478 that H834 are left H7604 in it: behold H2009 , I say , they are even as all H3605 the multitude H1995 of the Israelites H3478 that H834 are consumed H8552 :) and let us send H7971 and see H7200 .
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14. So the men took two chariots with horses. The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and see what has happened."
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14. 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 H1980 and see H7200 .
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15. The men followed the Aramean army as far as the Jordan River. The road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away as they had hurriedly left. So the messengers returned and told the king.
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15. And they went H1980 after H310 them unto H5704 Jordan H3383 : and, lo H2009 , all H3605 the way H1870 was full H4392 of garments H899 and vessels H3627 , which H834 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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16. Then the people went out and took valuables from the Aramean camp. So seven quarts of fine flour were sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, and thirteen quarts of barley were sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, just as the Lord had said.
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16. And the people H5971 went out H3318 , and spoiled H962 H853 the tents H4264 of the Syrians H758 . So a measure H5429 of fine flour H5560 was H1961 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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17. The king chose the officer who was close to him to guard the gate, but the people trampled the officer to death. This happened just as Elisha had told the king when the king came to his house.
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17. And the king H4428 appointed H6485 H853 the lord H7991 on H5921 whose H834 hand H3027 he leaned H8172 to have the charge of H5921 the gate H8179 : and the people H5971 trod upon H7429 him in the gate H8179 , and he died H4191 , as H834 the man H376 of God H430 had said H1696 , who H834 spoke H1696 when the king H4428 came down H3381 to H413 him.
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18. He had said, "Thirteen quarts of barley and seven quarts of fine flour will each sell for two-fifths of an ounce of silver about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria."
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18. And it came to pass H1961 as the man H376 of God H430 had spoken H1696 to H413 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 H1961 tomorrow H4279 about this time H6256 in the gate H8179 of Samaria H8111 :
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19. But the officer had answered, "Even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn't happen." And Elisha had told him, "You will see it with your eyes, but you won't eat any of it."
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19. And that lord H7991 answered H6030 H853 the man H376 of God H430 , and said H559 , Now, behold H2009 , if the LORD H3068 should make H6213 windows H699 in heaven H8064 , might such H2088 a thing H1697 be H1961 ? And he said H559 , Behold H2009 , thou shalt see H7200 it with thine eyes H5869 , but shalt not H3808 eat H398 thereof H4480 H8033 .
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20. It happened to the officer just that way. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
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20. And so H3651 it fell out H1961 unto him : for the people H5971 trod upon H7429 him in the gate H8179 , and he died H4191 .
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