prophet of Israel saith all these things unto the king of Israel, which thou speakest in the chamber where thy camp is.

And he said, Go ye therefore, and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And they shewed him, saying, Behold, he is at Dothan.

And he sent horses and chariots, and a great power. And when they were come by night, they compassed the city about.

And the servant of the man of God rose up early, and arose, and went forth: and, behold, there was a power round about the city with horses and chariots. And his lad said unto him, Awe, my lord! How shall we do now?

And he said, Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.

And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the lad’s eyes, and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

And when they were come down unto him, Elisha besought, saying, Lord, smite this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

And Elisha said unto them: This is not the way, nor the city. Follow me, and I will lead you unto the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.

And when they were come to Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw: and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said unto Elisha, My father, shall I smite them?

And he said, Thou shalt not smite them. Whom thou shalt smite with thy sword and thy bow, smite them. Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink; and let them go to their lord.

And there was a great supper prepared. And when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away to go unto their lord. Since that time the men of war of the Syrians came no more into the land of Israel.

And it came to pass after these things, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host together, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

And there was a great famine in Samaria. And they besieged the city, until the head of an ass was eighty shekels of silver, and the dung of a quart of doves five shekels of silver.

And when the king of Israel was come to the wall, a woman cried unto him, saying, Help me,
my lord the king.

And he said, If the LORD help thee not, whence shall I help thee? From the threshingfloor, or from the winepress?

And the. And the king said unto her, What is the matter with thee? And she said, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat to day; to morrow we will eat my son.

So we boiled my son, and did eat him. And I said unto her the next day, Give thy son, and let us eat. But she hid her son.

When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes, and went to the wall. Then all the people saw that he had sackcloth on the bottom of his body.

And he said, God do this unto me, and that, where the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand upon him this day.

And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him: and he sent a man before him. And before the messenger came to him, he said unto the elders, Have ye seen how this murderous child hath sent hither to cut off my head? When the messenger comes, shut the door and push him away with the door: behold, the sound of his master’s feet follows him.

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him, and said, Behold, this evil cometh of the LORD: what more shall I expect of the LORD?
(2 Kings)
Chapter 7
Quick good time to Samaria.

And Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the LORD; To morrow about this time shall a bushel of fine flour be worth a shekel, and two bushels of barley a shekel, under the gate of Samaria.

And the knight, upon whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, And if the LORD made windows in heaven, how could this be? And he said, Behold, with thine eyes shalt thou see it, and shalt not eat thereof.

And there were four lepers at the door of the gate: and one said unto another: Why shall we tarry here until we die?

If we would come into the city, there is famine in the city, and we should die there: but if we tarry here, we shall die also. Now therefore let us go and fall to the army of the Syrians. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will be dead.

And they rose up early in the morning, that they might come unto the host of the Syrians. And when they were come to the place of the host, behold, there was none there.

For the LORD had made the Syrians to hear a shout of chariots of horses, and of great strength, saying one to another, Behold, the king of Israel hath brought against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

And they arose and fled early in the morning, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, in the camp, as it was, and fled away with their lives.

And when the lepers were come to the place of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and took silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it: and they came again, and entered into another tent, and took out of it, and went and hid it.

But one said unto another: Let us not do so! This day is a day of good tidings. If we keep silence, and wait till the morning light, our iniquity shall be found: let us go therefore, and come and tell it unto the king’s house.

And when they were come, they called at the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We are come to the camp of the Syrians: and, behold, there is none there, neither voice of man, but horses and asses tied, and the tents as they stand.

And they called unto the porters, that they should tell it within the king’s house.

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants: Let it be told you how the Syrians deal with us. They know that we are famished, and are gone out of the camp, that they may crouch in the field: and they think, If they go out of the city, we will take them alive, and come into the city.

And one of his servants answered and said, Take the five remaining horses that are left in the
house, (behold, they are left in the house of all the multitude of Israel, which are all gone,) and let us send and see them.

And they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the camp of the Syrians, and said, Go ye, and possess.

And when they came after them unto Jordan, behold, the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast off, as they hasted. And when the messengers were returned, they told the king,

And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Syrians. And the price of a bushel of fine flour was a shekel, and of two bushels of barley a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

And the king appointed the knight, upon whose hand he leaned, under the gate. And the people trode him down in the gate: and he died, as the man of God spake, when the king came down unto him.

And it came to pass, as the man of God told the king, saying, To morrow about this time shall two bushels of barley be worth a shekel, and a bushel of fine flour a shekel, under the gate of Samaria;

And the knight answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD made windows in heaven, how shall it be done? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, and shalt not eat thereof.

And it was so with him: for the people trode him down in the gate, and he died.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 8
Seven years of teurung. Change in the kingdom of the Syrians. Joram and Ahaziah, kings in Judah.

And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had quickened, saying, Arise, and go with thy house, and be a stranger whithersoever thou canst: for the LORD shall call for a plague, which shall come into the land seven years.

And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God, and went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

And when the seven years were expired, the woman came again out of the land of the Philistines, and went out to cry unto the king for her house and her land.

And the king spake unto Gehazi the son of the man of God, saying, Tell me all the great works that Elisha hath done.

And as he told the king how he had quickened a dead man, behold, the woman came even now whose