Dual Panel1And the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> said <0559> (8799) unto <06440> Elisha <0477>_, Behold now, the place <04725> where we dwell <03427> (8802) with thee is too strait <06862> for us.
2Let us go <03212> (8799)_, we pray thee, unto Jordan <03383>_, and take <03947> (8799) thence every man <0376> a <0259> beam <06982>_, and let us make <06213> (8799) us a place <04725> there, where we may dwell <03427> (8800)_. And he answered <0559> (8799)_, Go <03212> (8798) ye.
3And one <0259> said <0559> (8799)_, Be content <02974> (8685)_, I pray thee, and go <03212> (8798) with thy servants <05650>_. And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I will go <03212> (8799)_.
4So he went <03212> (8799) with them. And when they came <0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>_, they cut down <01504> (8799) wood <06086>_.
5But as one <0259> was felling <05307> (8688) a beam <06982>_, the axe head <01270> fell <05307> (8804) into the water <04325>_: and he cried <06817> (8799)_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Alas <0162>_, master <0113>_! for it was borrowed <07592> (8803)_. {axe head: Heb. iron}
6And the man <0376> of God <0430> said <0559> (8799)_, Where <0575> fell <05307> (8804) it? And he shewed <07200> (8686) him the place <04725>_. And he cut down <07094> (8799) a stick <06086>_, and cast <07993> (8686) [it] in thither; and the iron <01270> did swim <06687> (8686)_.
7Therefore said <0559> (8799) he, Take [it] up <07311> (8685) to thee. And he put out <07971> (8799) his hand <03027>_, and took <03947> (8799) it.
8Then the king <04428> of Syria <0758> warred <03898> (8737) against Israel <03478>_, and took counsel <03289> (8735) with his servants <05650>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, In such <06423> and such <0492> a place <04725> [shall be] my camp <08466>_. {camp: or, encamping}
9And the man <0376> of God <0430> sent <07971> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Beware <08104> (8734) that thou pass <05674> (8800) not such <02088> a place <04725>_; for thither the Syrians <0758> are come down <05185>_.
10And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) to the place <04725> which the man <0376> of God <0430> told <0559> (8804) him and warned <02094> (8689) him of, and saved <08104> (8738) himself there, not once <0259> nor twice <08147>_.
11Therefore the heart <03820> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> was sore troubled <05590> (8735) for this thing <01697>_; and he called <07121> (8799) his servants <05650>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Will ye not shew <05046> (8686) me which of us [is] for the king <04428> of Israel <03478>_?
12And one <0259> of his servants <05650> said <0559> (8799)_, None, my lord <0113>_, O king <04428>_: but Elisha <0477>_, the prophet <05030> that [is] in Israel <03478>_, telleth <05046> (8686) the king <04428> of Israel <03478> the words <01697> that thou speakest <01696> (8762) in thy bedchamber <02315> <04904>_. {None: Heb. No}
13And he said <0559> (8799)_, Go <03212> (8798) and spy <07200> (8798) where <0351> he [is], that I may send <07971> (8799) and fetch <03947> (8799) him. And it was told <05046> (8714) him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Behold, [he is] in Dothan <01886>_.
14Therefore sent <07971> (8799) he thither horses <05483>_, and chariots <07393>_, and a great <03515> host <02428>_: and they came <0935> (8799) by night <03915>_, and compassed <05362> (0) the city <05892> about <05362> (8686)_. {great: Heb. heavy}
15And when the servant <08334> (8764) of the man <0376> of God <0430> was risen <06965> (8800) early <07925> (8686)_, and gone forth <03318> (8799)_, behold, an host <02428> compassed <05437> (8802) the city <05892> both with horses <05483> and chariots <07393>_. And his servant <05288> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Alas <0162>_, my master <0113>_! how shall we do <06213> (8799)_? {the servant: or, the minister}
16And he answered <0559> (8799)_, Fear <03372> (8799) not: for they that [be] with us [are] more <07227> than they that [be] with them.
17And Elisha <0477> prayed <06419> (8691)_, and said <0559> (8799)_, LORD <03068>_, I pray thee, open <06491> (8798) his eyes <05869>_, that he may see <07200> (8799)_. And the LORD <03068> opened <06491> (8799) the eyes <05869> of the young man <05288>_; and he saw <07200> (8799)_: and, behold, the mountain <02022> [was] full <04390> (8804) of horses <05483> and chariots <07393> of fire <0784> round about <05439> Elisha <0477>_.
18And when they came down <03381> (8799) to him, Elisha <0477> prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Smite <05221> (8685) this people <01471>_, I pray thee, with blindness <05575>_. And he smote <05221> (8686) them with blindness <05575> according to the word <01697> of Elisha <0477>_.
19And Elisha <0477> said <0559> (8799) unto them, This [is] not the way <01870>_, neither [is] this <02090> the city <05892>_: follow <03212> (8798) <0310> me, and I will bring <03212> (8686) you to the man <0376> whom ye seek <01245> (8762)_. But he led <03212> (8686) them to Samaria <08111>_. {follow...: Heb. come ye after me}
20And it came to pass, when they were come <0935> (8800) into Samaria <08111>_, that Elisha <0477> said <0559> (8799)_, LORD <03068>_, open <06491> (8798) the eyes <05869> of these [men], that they may see <07200> (8799)_. And the LORD <03068> opened <06491> (8799) their eyes <05869>_, and they saw <07200> (8799)_; and, behold, [they were] in the midst <08432> of Samaria <08111>_.
21And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto Elisha <0477>_, when he saw <07200> (8800) them, My father <01>_, shall I smite <05221> (8686) [them]? shall I smite <05221> (8686) [them]?
22And he answered <0559> (8799)_, Thou shalt not smite <05221> (8686) [them]: wouldest thou smite <05221> (8688) those whom thou hast taken captive <07617> (8804) with thy sword <02719> and with thy bow <07198>_? set <07760> (8798) bread <03899> and water <04325> before <06440> them, that they may eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799)_, and go <03212> (8799) to their master <0113>_.
23And he prepared <03739> (8799) great <01419> provision <03740> for them: and when they had eaten <0398> (8799) and drunk <08354> (8799)_, he sent them away <07971> (8762)_, and they went <03212> (8799) to their master <0113>_. So the bands <01416> of Syria <0758> came <0935> (8800) no more <03254> (8804) into the land <0776> of Israel <03478>_.
24And it came to pass after this <0310>_, that Benhadad <01130> king <04428> of Syria <0758> gathered <06908> (8799) all his host <04264>_, and went up <05927> (8799)_, and besieged <06696> (8799) Samaria <08111>_.
25And there was a great <01419> famine <07458> in Samaria <08111>_: and, behold, they besieged <06696> (8802) it, until an ass's <02543> head <07218> was [sold] for fourscore <08084> [pieces] of silver <03701>_, and the fourth part <07255> of a cab <06894> of dove's dung <01686> (8675) <03123> <02755> for five <02568> [pieces] of silver <03701>_.
26And as the king <04428> of Israel <03478> was passing by <05674> (8802) upon the wall <02346>_, there cried <06817> (8804) a woman <0802> unto him, saying <0559> (8800)_, Help <03467> (8685)_, my lord <0113>_, O king <04428>_.
27And he said <0559> (8799)_, If the LORD <03068> do not help <03467> (8686) thee, whence <0370> shall I help <03467> (8686) thee? out of the barnfloor <01637>_, or out of the winepress <03342>_? {If...: or, Let not the LORD save thee}
28And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered <0559> (8799)_, This woman <0802> said <0559> (8804) unto me, Give <05414> (8798) thy son <01121>_, that we may eat <0398> (8799) him to day <03117>_, and we will eat <0398> (8799) my son <01121> to morrow <04279>_.
29So we boiled <01310> (8762) my son <01121>_, and did eat <0398> (8799) him: and I said <0559> (8799) unto her on the next <0312> day <03117>_, Give <05414> (8798) thy son <01121>_, that we may eat <0398> (8799) him: and she hath hid <02244> (8686) her son <01121>_. {next: Heb. other}
30And it came to pass, when the king <04428> heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the woman <0802>_, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>_; and he passed by <05674> (8802) upon the wall <02346>_, and the people <05971> looked <07200> (8799)_, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth <08242> within <01004> upon his flesh <01320>_.
31Then he said <0559> (8799)_, God <0430> do <06213> (8799) so and more <03254> (8686) also to me, if the head <07218> of Elisha <0477> the son <01121> of Shaphat <08202> shall stand <05975> (8799) on him this day <03117>_.
32But Elisha <0477> sat <03427> (8802) in his house <01004>_, and the elders <02205> sat <03427> (8802) with him; and [the king] sent <07971> (8799) a man <0376> from before <06440> him: but ere the messenger <04397> came <0935> (8799) to him, he said <0559> (8804) to the elders <02205>_, See <07200> (8804) ye how this son <01121> of a murderer <07523> (8764) hath sent <07971> (8804) to take away <05493> (8687) mine head <07218>_? look <07200> (8798)_, when the messenger <04397> cometh <0935> (8800)_, shut <05462> (8798) the door <01817>_, and hold him fast <03905> (8804) at the door <01817>_: [is] not the sound <06963> of his master's <0113> feet <07272> behind <0310> him?
33And while he yet talked <01696> (8764) with them, behold, the messenger <04397> came down <03381> (8802) unto him: and he said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, this evil <07451> [is] of the LORD <03068>_; what should I wait <03176> (8686) for the LORD <03068> any longer?