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2 Kings 7:1
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And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:
thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be
sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. |
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| 2 Kings 7:2 |
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Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned
answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven,
might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but
shalt not eat thereof. |
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| 2 Kings 7:3 |
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Now there were four leprous men at the entrance
of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? |
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| 2 Kings 7:4 |
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If we say, We will enter into the city, then
the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we
die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if
they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. |
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| 2 Kings 7:5 |
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And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto
the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the
camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there. |
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| 2 Kings 7:6 |
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For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians
to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great
host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against
us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
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| 2 Kings 7:7 |
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Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight,
and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was,
and fled for their life. |
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| 2 Kings 7:8 |
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And when these lepers came to the outermost
part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried
thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back,
and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. |
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| 2 Kings 7:9 |
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Then they said one to another, We do not well;
this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the
morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and
tell the king's household. |
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| 2 Kings 7:10 |
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So they came and called unto the porter of the
city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,
there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses
tied, and the tents as they were. |
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| 2 Kings 7:11 |
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And he called the porters; and they told it
to the king's household within. |
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| 2 Kings 7:12 |
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And the king arose in the night, and said unto
his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know
that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves
in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive,
and get into the city. |
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| 2 Kings 7:13 |
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And one of his servants answered and said, Let
some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the
city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold,
they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and
see. |
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| 2 Kings 7:14 |
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They took therefore two chariots with horses;
and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. |
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| 2 Kings 7:15 |
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And they went after them unto the Jordan: and,
lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away
in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. |
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| 2 Kings 7:16 |
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And the people went out, and plundered the camp
of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures
of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah. |
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| 2 Kings 7:17 |
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And the king appointed the captain on whose
hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in
the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came
down to him. |
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| 2 Kings 7:18 |
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And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken
to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine
flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;
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and that captain answered the man of God, and
said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing
be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof: |
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it came to pass even so unto him; for the people
trod upon him in the gate, and he died. |
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