Dual Panel1Then Elisha <0477> said <0559> (8799)_, Hear <08085> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_; Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, To morrow <04279> about this time <06256> [shall] a measure <05429> of fine flour <05560> [be sold] for a shekel <08255>_, and two measures <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel <08255>_, in the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>_.
2Then a lord <07991> on whose hand <03027> the king <04428> leaned <08172> (8737) answered <06030> (8799) the man <0376> of God <0430>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, [if] the LORD <03068> would make <06213> (8802) windows <0699> in heaven <08064>_, might this thing <01697> be? And he said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, thou shalt see <07200> (8802) [it] with thine eyes <05869>_, but shalt not eat <0398> (8799) thereof. {a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand}
3And there were four <0702> leprous <06879> (8794) men <0582> at the entering in <06607> of the gate <08179>_: and they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>_, Why sit <03427> (8802) we here until we die <04191> (8804)_?
4If we say <0559> (8804)_, We will enter <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>_, then the famine <07458> [is] in the city <05892>_, and we shall die <04191> (8804) there: and if we sit still <03427> (8804) here, we die <04191> (8804) also. Now therefore come <03212> (8798)_, and let us fall <05307> (8799) unto the host <04264> of the Syrians <0758>_: if they save us alive <02421> (8762)_, we shall live <02421> (8799)_; and if they kill <04191> (8686) us, we shall but die <04191> (8804)_.
5And they rose up <06965> (8799) in the twilight <05399>_, to go <0935> (8800) unto the camp <04264> of the Syrians <0758>_: and when they were come <0935> (8799) to the uttermost part <07097> of the camp <04264> of Syria <0758>_, behold, [there was] no man <0376> there.
6For the Lord <0136> had made the host <04264> of the Syrians <0758> to hear <08085> (8689) a noise <06963> of chariots <07393>_, and a noise <06963> of horses <05483>_, [even] the noise <06963> of a great <01419> host <02428>_: and they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <0251>_, Lo, the king <04428> of Israel <03478> hath hired <07936> (8804) against us the kings <04428> of the Hittites <02850>_, and the kings <04428> of the Egyptians <04714>_, to come <0935> (8800) upon us.
7Wherefore they arose <06965> (8799) and fled <05127> (8799) in the twilight <05399>_, and left <05800> (8799) their tents <0168>_, and their horses <05483>_, and their asses <02543>_, even the camp <04264> as it [was], and fled <05127> (8799) for their life <05315>_.
8And when these lepers <06879> (8794) came <0935> (8799) to the uttermost part <07097> of the camp <04264>_, they went <0935> (8799) into one <0259> tent <0168>_, and did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799)_, and carried <05375> (8799) thence silver <03701>_, and gold <02091>_, and raiment <0899>_, and went <03212> (8799) and hid <02934> (8686) [it]; and came again <07725> (8799)_, and entered <0935> (8799) into another <0312> tent <0168>_, and carried <05375> (8799) thence [also], and went <03212> (8799) and hid <02934> (8686) [it].
9Then they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <07453>_, We do <06213> (8802) not well: this day <03117> [is] a day <03117> of good tidings <01309>_, and we hold our peace <02814> (8688)_: if we tarry <02442> (8765) till the morning <01242> light <0216>_, some mischief <05771> will come <04672> (8804) upon us: now therefore come <03212> (8798)_, that we may go <0935> (8799) and tell <05046> (8686) the king's <04428> household <01004>_. {some...: Heb. we shall find punishment}
10So they came <0935> (8799) and called <07121> (8799) unto the porter <07778> of the city <05892>_: and they told <05046> (8686) them, saying <0559> (8800)_, We came <0935> (8804) to the camp <04264> of the Syrians <0758>_, and, behold, [there was] no man <0376> there, neither voice <06963> of man <0120>_, but horses <05483> tied <0631> (8803)_, and asses <02543> tied <0631> (8803)_, and the tents <0168> as they [were].
11And he called <07121> (8799) the porters <07778>_; and they told <05046> (8686) [it] to the king's <04428> house <01004> within <06441>_.
12And the king <04428> arose <06965> (8799) in the night <03915>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650>_, I will now shew <05046> (8686) you what the Syrians <0758> have done <06213> (8804) to us. They know <03045> (8804) that we [be] hungry <07457>_; therefore are they gone out <03318> (8799) of the camp <04264> to hide <02247> (8736) themselves in the field <07704>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, When they come out <03318> (8799) of the city <05892>_, we shall catch <08610> (8799) them alive <02416>_, and get <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>_.
13And one <0259> of his servants <05650> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799)_, Let [some] take <03947> (8799)_, I pray thee, five <02568> of the horses <05483> that remain <07604> (8737)_, which are left <07604> (8738) in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the multitude <01995> of Israel <03478> that are left <07604> (8738) in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude <01995> of the Israelites <03478> that are consumed <08552> (8804):) and let us send <07971> (8799) and see <07200> (8799)_. {in the city: Heb. in it}
14They took <03947> (8799) therefore two <08147> chariot <07393> horses <05483>_; and the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) after <0310> the host <04264> of the Syrians <0758>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Go <03212> (8798) and see <07200> (8798)_.
15And they went <03212> (8799) after <0310> them unto Jordan <03383>_: and, lo, all the way <01870> [was] full <04392> of garments <0899> and vessels <03627>_, which the Syrians <0758> had cast away <07993> (8689) in their haste <02648> (8800)_. And the messengers <04397> returned <07725> (8799)_, and told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>_.
16And the people <05971> went out <03318> (8799)_, and spoiled <0962> (8799) the tents <04264> of the Syrians <0758>_. So a measure <05429> of fine flour <05560> was [sold] for a shekel <08255>_, and two measures <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel <08255>_, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_.
17And the king <04428> appointed <06485> (8689) the lord <07991> on whose hand <03027> he leaned <08172> (8737) to have the charge of the gate <08179>_: and the people <05971> trode <07429> (8799) upon him in the gate <08179>_, and he died <04191> (8799)_, as the man <0376> of God <0430> had said <01696> (8765)_, who spake <01696> (8765) when the king <04428> came down <03381> (8800) to him.
18And it came to pass as the man <0376> of God <0430> had spoken <01696> (8763) to the king <04428>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Two measures <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel <08255>_, and a measure <05429> of fine flour <05560> for a shekel <08255>_, shall be to morrow <04279> about this time <06256> in the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>_:
19And that lord <07991> answered <06030> (8799) the man <0376> of God <0430>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Now, behold, [if] the LORD <03068> should make <06213> (8802) windows <0699> in heaven <08064>_, might such a thing <01697> be? And he said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, thou shalt see <07200> (8802) it with thine eyes <05869>_, but shalt not eat <0398> (8799) thereof.
20And so it fell out unto him: for the people <05971> trode <07429> (8799) upon him in the gate <08179>_, and he died <04191> (8799)_.