7:1 But
Elisha
said,
"Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD:
thus
says
the
LORD,
Tomorrow
about
this
time
a
seah
of
fine
flour
shall
be
sold
for
a
shekel,
and
two
seahs
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
at
the
gate
of
Samaria."
7:2 Then
the
captain
on
whose
hand
the
king
leaned
said
to
the
man
of
God,
"If
the
LORD
himself
should
make
windows
in
heaven,
could
this
thing
be"
But
he
said,
"You
shall
see
it
with
your
own
eyes,
but
you
shall
not
eat
of
it."
7:3 Now
there
were
four
men
who
were
lepers
at
the
entrance
to
the
gate.
And
they
said
to
one
another,
"Why
are
we
sitting
here
until
we
die
7:4 If
we
say,
'Let
us
enter
the
city,'
the
famine
is
in
the
city,
and
we
shall
die
there.
And
if
we
sit
here,
we
die
also.
So
now
come,
let
us
go
over
to
the
camp
of
the
Syrians.
If
they
spare
our
lives
we
shall
live,
and
if
they
kill
us
we
shall
but
die."
7:5 So
they
arose
at
twilight
to
go
to
the
camp
of
the
Syrians.
But
when
they
came
to
the
edge
of
the
camp
of
the
Syrians,
behold,
there
was
no
one
there.
7:6 For
the
Lord
had
made
the
army
of
the
Syrians
hear
the
sound
of
chariots
and
of
horses,
the
sound
of
a
great
army,
so
that
they
said
to
one
another,
"Behold,
the
king
of
Israel
has
hired
against
us
the
kings
of
the
Hittites
and
the
kings
of
Egypt
to
come
against
us."
7:7 So
they
fled
away
in
the
twilight
and
abandoned
their
tents,
their
horses,
and
their
donkeys,
leaving
the
camp
as
it
was,
and
fled
for
their
lives.
7:8 And
when
these
lepers
came
to
the
edge
of
the
camp,
they
went
into
a
tent
and
ate
and
drank,
and
they
carried
off
silver
and
gold
and
clothing
and
went
and
hid
them.
Then
they
came
back
and
entered
another
tent
and
carried
off
things
from
it
and
went
and
hid
them.
7:9 Then
they
said
to
one
another,
"We
are
not
doing
right.
This
day
is
a
day
of
good
news.
If
we
are
silent
and
wait
until
the
morning
light,
punishment
will
overtake
us.
Now
therefore
come;
let
us
go
and
tell
the
king's
household."
7:10 So
they
came
and
called
to
the
gatekeepers
of
the
city
and
told
them,
"We
came
to
the
camp
of
the
Syrians,
and
behold,
there
was
no
one
to
be
seen
or
heard
there,
nothing
but
the
horses
tied
and
the
donkeys
tied
and
the
tents
as
they
were."
7:11 Then
the
gatekeepers
called
out,
and
it
was
told
within
the
king's
household.
7:12 And
the
king
rose
in
the
night
and
said
to
his
servants,
"I
will
tell
you
what
the
Syrians
have
done
to
us.
They
know
that
we
are
hungry.
Therefore
they
have
gone
out
of
the
camp
to
hide
themselves
in
the
open
country,
thinking,
'When
they
come
out
of
the
city,
we
shall
take
them
alive
and
get
into
the
city.'"
7:13 And
one
of
his
servants
said,
"Let
some
men
take
five
of
the
remaining
horses,
seeing
that
those
who
are
left
here
will
fare
like
the
whole
multitude
of
Israel
who
have
already
perished.
Let
us
send
and
see."
7:14 So
they
took
two
horsemen,
and
the
king
sent
them
after
the
army
of
the
Syrians,
saying,
"Go
and
see."
7:15 So
they
went
after
them
as
far
as
the
Jordan,
and
behold,
all
the
way
was
littered
with
garments
and
equipment
that
the
Syrians
had
thrown
away
in
their
haste.
And
the
messengers
returned
and
told
the
king.
7:16 Then
the
people
went
out
and
plundered
the
camp
of
the
Syrians.
So
a
seah
of
fine
flour
was
sold
for
a
shekel,
and
two
seahs
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD.
7:17 Now
the
king
had
appointed
the
captain
on
whose
hand
he
leaned
to
have
charge
of
the
gate.
And
the
people
trampled
him
in
the
gate,
so
that
he
died,
as
the
man
of
God
had
said
when
the
king
came
down
to
him.
7:18 For
when
the
man
of
God
had
said
to
the
king,
"Two
seahs
of
barley
shall
be
sold
for
a
shekel,
and
a
seah
of
fine
flour
for
a
shekel,
about
this
time
tomorrow
in
the
gate
of
Samaria,"
7:19 the
captain
had
answered
the
man
of
God,
"If
the
LORD
himself
should
make
windows
in
heaven,
could
such
a
thing
be"
And
he
had
said,
"You
shall
see
it
with
your
own
eyes,
but
you
shall
not
eat
of
it."
7:20 And
so
it
happened
to
him,
for
the
people
trampled
him
in
the
gate
and
he
died.
