6:1 Now
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to
Elisha,
"See,
the
place
where
we
dwell
under
your
charge
is
too
small
for
us.
6:2 Let
us
go
to
the
Jordan
and
each
of
us
get
there
a
log,
and
let
us
make
a
place
for
us
to
dwell
there."
And
he
answered,
"Go."
6:3 Then
one
of
them
said,
"Be
pleased
to
go
with
your
servants."
And
he
answered,
"I
will
go."
6:4 So
he
went
with
them.
And
when
they
came
to
the
Jordan,
they
cut
down
trees.
6:5 But
as
one
was
felling
a
log,
his
axe
head
fell
into
the
water,
and
he
cried
out,
"Alas,
my
master!
It
was
borrowed."
6:6 Then
the
man
of
God
said,
"Where
did
it
fall"
When
he
showed
him
the
place,
he
cut
off
a
stick
and
threw
it
in
there
and
made
the
iron
float.
6:7 And
he
said,
"Take
it
up."
So
he
reached
out
his
hand
and
took
it.
6:8 Once
when
the
king
of
Syria
was
warring
against
Israel,
he
took
counsel
with
his
servants,
saying,
"At
such
and
such
a
place
shall
be
my
camp."
6:9 But
the
man
of
God
sent
word
to
the
king
of
Israel,
"Beware
that
you
do
not
pass
this
place,
for
the
Syrians
are
going
down
there."
6:10 And
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
the
place
about
which
the
man
of
God
told
him.
Thus
he
used
to
warn
him,
so
that
he
saved
himself
there
more
than
once
or
twice.
6:11 And
the
mind
of
the
king
of
Syria
was
greatly
troubled
because
of
this
thing,
and
he
called
his
servants
and
said
to
them,
"Will
you
not
show
me
who
of
us
is
for
the
king
of
Israel"
6:12 And
one
of
his
servants
said,
"None,
my
lord,
O
king;
but
Elisha,
the
prophet
who
is
in
Israel,
tells
the
king
of
Israel
the
words
that
you
speak
in
your
bedroom."
6:13 And
he
said,
"Go
and
see
where
he
is,
that
I
may
send
and
seize
him."
It
was
told
him,
"Behold,
he
is
in
Dothan."
6:14 So
he
sent
there
horses
and
chariots
and
a
great
army,
and
they
came
by
night
and
surrounded
the
city.
6:15 When
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
went
out,
behold,
an
army
with
horses
and
chariots
was
all
around
the
city.
And
the
servant
said,
"Alas,
my
master!
What
shall
we
do"
6:16 He
said,
"Do
not
be
afraid,
for
those
who
are
with
us
are
more
than
those
who
are
with
them."
6:17 Then
Elisha
prayed
and
said,
"O
LORD,
please
open
his
eyes
that
he
may
see."
So
the
LORD
opened
the
eyes
of
the
young
man,
and
he
saw,
and
behold,
the
mountain
was
full
of
horses
and
chariots
of
fire
all
around
Elisha.
6:18 And
when
the
Syrians
came
down
against
him,
Elisha
prayed
to
the
LORD
and
said,
"Please
strike
this
people
with
blindness."
So
he
struck
them
with
blindness
in
accordance
with
the
prayer
of
Elisha.
6:19 And
Elisha
said
to
them,
"This
is
not
the
way,
and
this
is
not
the
city.
Follow
me,
and
I
will
bring
you
to
the
man
whom
you
seek."
And
he
led
them
to
Samaria.
6:20 As
soon
as
they
entered
Samaria,
Elisha
said,
"O
LORD,
open
the
eyes
of
these
men,
that
they
may
see."
So
the
LORD
opened
their
eyes
and
they
saw,
and
behold,
they
were
in
the
midst
of
Samaria.
6:21 As
soon
as
the
king
of
Israel
saw
them,
he
said
to
Elisha,
"My
father,
shall
I
strike
them
down
Shall
I
strike
them
down"
6:22 He
answered,
"You
shall
not
strike
them
down.
Would
you
strike
down
those
whom
you
have
taken
captive
with
your
sword
and
with
your
bow
Set
bread
and
water
before
them,
that
they
may
eat
and
drink
and
go
to
their
master."
6:23 So
he
prepared
for
them
a
great
feast,
and
when
they
had
eaten
and
drunk,
he
sent
them
away,
and
they
went
to
their
master.
And
the
Syrians
did
not
come
again
on
raids
into
the
land
of
Israel.
6:24 Afterward
Ben-hadad
king
of
Syria
mustered
his
entire
army
and
went
up
and
besieged
Samaria.
6:25 And
there
was
a
great
famine
in
Samaria,
as
they
besieged
it,
until
a
donkey's
head
was
sold
for
eighty
shekels
of
silver,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a
kab
of
dove's
dung
for
five
shekels
of
silver.
6:26 Now
as
the
king
of
Israel
was
passing
by
on
the
wall,
a
woman
cried
out
to
him,
saying,
"Help,
my
lord,
O
king!"
6:27 And
he
said,
"If
the
LORD
will
not
help
you,
how
shall
I
help
you
From
the
threshing
floor,
or
from
the
winepress"
6:28 And
the
king
asked
her,
"What
is
your
trouble"
She
answered,
"This
woman
said
to
me,
'Give
your
son,
that
we
may
eat
him
today,
and
we
will
eat
my
son
tomorrow.'
6:29 So
we
boiled
my
son
and
ate
him.
And
on
the
next
day
I
said
to
her,
'Give
your
son,
that
we
may
eat
him.'
But
she
has
hidden
her
son."
6:30 When
the
king
heard
the
words
of
the
woman,
he
tore
his
clothes--now
he
was
passing
by
on
the
wall--and
the
people
looked,
and
behold,
he
had
sackcloth
beneath
on
his
body--
6:31 and
he
said,
"May
God
do
so
to
me
and
more
also,
if
the
head
of
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
remains
on
his
shoulders
today."
6:32 Elisha
was
sitting
in
his
house,
and
the
elders
were
sitting
with
him.
Now
the
king
had
dispatched
a
man
from
his
presence,
but
before
the
messenger
arrived
Elisha
said
to
the
elders,
"Do
you
see
how
this
murderer
has
sent
to
take
off
my
head
Look,
when
the
messenger
comes,
shut
the
door
and
hold
the
door
fast
against
him.
Is
not
the
sound
of
his
master's
feet
behind
him"
6:33 And
while
he
was
still
speaking
with
them,
the
messenger
came
down
to
him
and
said,
"This
trouble
is
from
the
LORD!
Why
should
I
wait
for
the
LORD
any
longer"