After a fad famine, Chap. vii. great plenty in Samaria. To And the king of Ifrael fent to the 26 And as the king of Ifrael was paling place which the man of God told him, and by upon the wall, there cried a woman un warned him of, and faved himself there, to him, faying, Help, my Lord, O king. not once nor twice. 27 And he faid, If the LORD do not help II Therefore the heart of the king of thee, whence fhall I help thee? out of the Syria was fore troubled for this thing, and barn-floor, or out of the wine-preffe? he called his fervants, and faid unto them, 28And the king faid unto her, What aileth Will ye not fhew me which of us is for the thee? And the anfwered, This woman faid king of Ifrael? unto me, Give thy fun that we may eat him 12 And one of his fervants faid, None, to day, and we will eat my fon to morrow. my lord, Oking: but Elisha the prophet 29 So we boiled my fon,and did eat him, that is in Ifrael, telleth the king of Ifrael and I faid unto her on the next day, Give the words that thou fpeakeft in thy bed- thy fun, that we may eat him: and the hath chamber. hid her fon. 13 And he faids Go, and fpie where he 30. And it came to pafs when the king is, that I may fend & fetch him.And it was heard the words of the woman, that he told him, faying, Behold, he is in Dothan, rent his clothes, and he paffed by upon 14 Therefore fent he thither horfes,and the wall, and the people looked, & behold, chariots, and a great holt: and they came be bad fackcloath within upon his flesh. by night, and compaffed the city about, 31 Then he faid, God do fo and more 15 And when the fervant of the man of alfo to me, if the head of Elifha the fon of God was rifen early,& gone forth,Behold, Shaphat, fhall ftand on him this day. an holt compaffed the city, both with hor- 32 But Elifha fate in his houfe, (and the Tes and chariots: and his fervant faid un- elders fate with him) and the king fent a to him, Alas my matter, how fhall we do? ran from before him: but ere the meffen16 And he answered, Fear not: for they ger came to him, he faid to the elders, See that be with us, are more then they that be ye how this fon of a murderer hath fent to with them. take away mine head? look when the mef17 And Elifha prayed, and faid, LORD fenger cometh, fhut the door, and hold I pray thee open his eyes that he may fee. him faft at the door: is not the found of And the LORD opened the eyes of the his mafters fet behinde him? young man, and he faw: and behold, the 33 And while he yet talked with them, mountain was full of horfes, and chariots behold, the mellenger came down unto of fire round about Elisha. him: and he faid, Behold, this evil is of 18 And when they came down to him, the LORD,what fhould I wait for theLORD Elitha prayed unto the LORD, and faid, any longer. Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindnefs. And he finote them with blindnefs, according to the word of Elifha. CHAP. VII. Elifba propbeheth incredible plenty in Samaria. 17 Tbe unbeleeving prince is troden to death. ? 19 And Elisha faid unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: fol- Hen Elifba faid, Hear ye the word of low me, and I will bring you to the man the LORD, Thus faith the LORD, TO whom ye feek: but he led them to Samaria. morrow about this time ball a measure of 20 And it came to pafs when they were fine flour be fold for asfhekel and two come into Samaria, that Elifha faid, LORD meafures of barley for a fhekel, in the gate open the eyes of thefe men that they may of Samaria. fee. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they faw,and behold they were in the midft of Samaria. I 21 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Elifha, when he faw them, My father, fhall fmite them? fhall I finite them? 22 And he anfwered, Thou fhalt not fmite them: wouldeft thou fmite thofe whom thou haft taken captive with thy fword, and with thy bow? fet bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 2 Then a lord on whofe hand the king leaned, anfwered the man of God,and faid, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he faid, Behold, thou fhalt fee it with thine eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof. 31 And there were four leprous men at the entring of the gate and they faid one to another, Why fit we here untill we die? 4 If we fay, we will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we fit ftill here, we die 23 And he prepared great provifion for allo. Now therefore come, and let us fall them:and when they had eaten and drunk, unto the hoft of the Syrians: if they fave he fent them away, and they wentto their us alive, we fhall live; and if they kill us, maftes: fo the bands of Syria came no more we fhall but die. into the land of Ifrael. 24 And it came to pafs after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his hoft, and went up, and befieged Samaria. 25 And there was great famine in Samaria: and behold they befieged it, untill an affes head was fold for fourfcore pieces offilver, and the fourth part of a kab of doves dung for five pieces of filver, 5 And they arofe up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the LORD had made the hoft of the Syrians to hear a noife of chariots, and noife of horfes, even the noife of a great hoft: and they faid one to another, Lo, the a Gebari punished. Iron made to fwim ceiving at his hands y which he brought but as the LORD liveth I will run after him, and take fomewhat of him. II. Kings. of Ifrael, faying, Now when this letter is Come unto thee, behold, I have therewith fent Naaman my fervant to thee, that thou mayeft recover him of his leprefie. 7 And it came to pafs when the king of Ifrael had read the letter, that he rent his cloathes, and faid, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth fend unto me to recover a man of his leprofie: wherefore confider I pray you, and fee how he fe keth a quarrel against ne. 8. And it was, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Ifrael had rent his cloathes, that he fent to the king, faying, Wherefore haft thou rent thy cloathes? let him come now to me, and he fhall know that there is a Prophet inIfrael, 9 So Naaman came with his horfes, and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the houfe of Elilha. to And Ehfha fent a meffenger unto him, faying, Go and wash in Jordan feven times, and thy flefh fhall come again unto thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth & went away, and faid, Behold, I thought, He will furely come out to me, and ftand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and ftrike his hand over the place, and recover the leper 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damafcus, better then all the waters of If rael? may I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13 And his fervants came near, and fpake unto him, and faid, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do tome great thing, wouldeft thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he faith to thee, Wafh and be clean? 14. Then went he down,and dipped himfelf feven times in Jordan, according to the faying of the man of God,and his felh came again like unto the flesh of a little childe, and he was clean. 15. And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and ftood before hia: and he faid, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Ifrael: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blefling of thy fervant. 16 But he faid, As the LORD liveth, before whom I ftand, I will receivenone.And he urged him to take it, but he refufed. 17 And Naaman faid, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy fervant two mules burden of earth? for thy fervant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering, nor facrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy fervant, that when my mafter goeth into houfe of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and 1 bowe my felf in the houfe of Rinumon: when I bowe down my felf in the houfe of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy fervant in this thing. 19 And he faid unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 20 But Gehazi the fervant of Elifha the man of God, faid, Behold, my mafter Harh fpared Naaman the Syrian, in not re 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman : and when Naaman law bim running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and faid, Is all well? 22 And he faid, All is well my master hath fent me, faying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the fons of the prophets, give them, I pray thee, a talent of Gilver, and two changes of garments. 23 And Naaman taid, Be content, take two talents: and he urged him, and bound two talents of filver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his fervants,and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the tower, he. took them from their hand, and beftowed them in the houfe, and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and ftood before his mafter: and Elitha faidamto him, Whence comet thou, Gehazi? And hefaid, Thy fervant went no whither. 26 And he faid unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards and fheep,and oxen, and men-fervants, and maid-fervants? 27 The leprofie therefore of Naaman fhall cleave on thee, and unto thy feed for ever. And he went out from his prefence a leper as white as fnow. CHAP. VI. 1 Elifba caufethiron to fim. 2 He difclo- 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he anfwered, Go ye. 3. And one faid, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy fervants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them: and when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was feling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and faid, Alas mafter, for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God faid, Where fell it ? and he finewed him the place: and he cut down a ftick, and caft it in thither,and the iron did fwim. 7 Therefore faid he, Take it up to thee, And he put out his hand, and took it. 8Then the king of Syria warred a gainft Ifrael, and took counfell with his fervants, faying, In fuch and fuch a place fball be my camp. 9 And the man of God fent unto the king of Ifrael, faying, Beware that thou país not fuch a place; for thither the Sy rians are come down. 10 And not once nor twice. 29 So we boiled my fon,and did eat him, and I faid unto her on the next day, Give thy fon, that we may eat him: and the hath hid her fon. After a fad famine, ~Chap. vii. great plenty in Samaria. to And the king of Ifrael fent to the 26 And as the king of Ifrael was pafling place which the man of God told him, and by upon the wall, there cried a woman un warned him of, and faved himf If there, to him, faying, Help, my Lord, O king. 27 And he faid, If the LORD do not help 11 Therefore the heart of the king of the, whence fhall 1 help thee? out of the Syria was fore troubled for this thing, and barn-floor, or out of the wine-preffe? he called his fervants, and faid unto them, 28And the king faid unto her, What aileth Will ye not fhew me which of us is for the thee? And the anfwered, This woman faid king of Ifrael? unto me, Give thy fun that we may eat him 12 And one of his fervants faid, None, to day, and we will eat my fun to morrow. my lord, Oking: but Elisha the prophet that is in Ifrael, telleth the king of Ifrael the words that thou fpeakeft in thy bedchamber. 13 And he faids Go, and fpie where he 30 And it came to pafs when the king is, that I may fend & fetch him.And it was heard the words of the woman, that he told him, faying, Behold, he is in Dothan, rent his clothes, and he paffed by upon 14. Therefore fent he thither horfes,and the wall, and the people looked, & behold, chariots, and a great holt: and they came be bad fackcloath within upon his flesh. by night, and compaffed the city about, 31 Then he faid, God do fo and more 15 And when the fervant of the man of alfo to me, ifthe head of Elifha the fon of God was rifen early,& gone forth,Behold, Shaphat, fhall ftand on him this day. an holt compaffed the city, both with hor- 32 But Elifha fate in his houfe, (and the fes and chariots: and bis fervant faid un- elders fate with bin) and the king fent a to him, Alas my matter, how fhall we do? man from before him: but ere the meffen16 And he answered, Fear not: for they ger came to him, he faid to the elders, See that be with us, are more then they that be ye how this fon of a murderer hath fent to with them. take away mine head? look when the mef17 And Elifha prayed, and faid, LORD fenger cometh, fhut the door, and hold I pray thee open his eyes that he may fee. him faft at the door: is not the found of And the LORD opened the eyes of the his mafters fest behinde him? young man, and he faw: and behold, the 33 And while he yet talked with them, mountain was full of horfes, and chariots behold, the mellenger came down unto of fire round about Elisha. him: and he faid, Behold, this evil is of 18 And when they came down to him, the LORD, what fhould I wait for the LORD Elitha prayed unto the LORD, and faid, any longer. Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindnefs. And he finote them with blindness, according to the word of Elifha. 19 And Elisha faid unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye feek:but he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pafs when they were come into Samaria, that Elifha faid, LORD open the eyes ofthefe men that they may fee. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they faw, and behold they were in the midft of Samaria. 21 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Elifha, when he faw them, My father, fhall fmite them? fhall I finite them? I CHAP. VII. Elifba prophefieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 17 Tbe unbeleeving prince is troden to death. THen Elifha faid, Hear ye the word of the LORD, Thus faith the LORD, TO morrow about this time ball a meafure of fine flour be fold for asfhekel, and two meatures of barley for a fhekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whofe hand the king leaned, anfwered the man of God,and faid, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he faid, Behold, thou fhalt fee it with thine eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof. 22 And he answered, Thou fhalt not 3And there were four leprous men at fmite them: wouldeft thou fmite thofe the entring of the gate and they faid one whom thou haft taken captive with thy to another, Why fit we here untill we die? fword, and with thy bow? fet bread and 4 If we fay, we will enter into the city, water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. then the famine is in the city, and we fhall die there: and if we fit ftill here, we die 23 And he prepared great provifion for allo. Now therefore come, and let us fall them:and when they had eaten and drunk, unto the hoft of the Syrians: if they fave he fent them away, and they went to their us alive, we fhall live; and if they kill us, maftes: fo the bands of Syria came no more we fhall but die. into the land of Ifrael. 5 And they arofe up in the twilight, to 24 And it came to pafs after this, that go unto the camp of the Syrians:and when Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his they were come to the uttermost part of hoft, and went up, and beffeged Samaria. the camp of Syria, behold, there was no 25 And there was great famine in Sa- man there. maria: and behold they befieged it, untill an affes head was fold for fourfcore pieces offilver, and the fourth part of a kab of doves dung for five pieces of filver, 6 For the LORD had made the hoft of the Syrians to hear a noife of chariots,and a noife of horfes, even the noife of a great hott: and they faid one to another, Lo, the The Shanammites return. II. Kings. Fehorams reign. king of Ifrael hath hired against us the fhalt fee it with thine eyes, but shalt not kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the eat thereof. Egyptians, to come uponļus. 20And fo it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate,and he died. CHAP. VII. 7 Whhrefore they arofe and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horfes, and their affes,even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when thefe lepers came to the uttermoff part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and caaried thence filver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it, and came again and entred into another tent, and caried thence alfo, and went and hid it. The Shunammite bath her land restored. 13 Hazaelfucceedeth his Mafter. 16 Fekorams wicked reigne. Hen The fear he had unto the woman (whofe fon he had reftored to life)faying, arife,and go thou and thine houthold, & fojourn wherefoever thou canst fojourn for the LORD hath called for a famine,and a it fhall alfo come upony land feven years. 9 Then they faid one to another,We do 2 And the woman arofe, and did after not well: this day is a day of good tidings, the faying of the man of God: and the and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the went with her houfhold, and fojourned in morning light, fome mifchief will come the land of the Philistines feven years. upon us: now therefore come,that we may 3 And it came to pass at the feven years go and tell the kings houthold. end, that the womân returned out of the to So they came, and called unto the land of the Philiftines: and he went forth porter of the city, and they told them,fay- to cry unto the king for her houfe,and for ing, We came to the camp of the Syrians, her land. and behold, there was no man there,neither 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the IT And he called the porters, and they Elisha hath done. told it to the kings houfe within. 5 And it came to pafs as he was telling 12 And the king arofe in the night and the king how he had reftored a dead body faid unto his fervants, I will now fhew to life, that behold, the woman whofe fon you what the Syrians have done to us: he had reftored to life cried to king for they know that we be hungry, therefore her houfe, and for her land. And Gehazi are they gone out of the camp, to hide faid, my lord,Oking,this is the woman and them felves in the field, faying, When they this is her fon whomElifha reftored to life. come out of the city, we fhall catch them 6 And when the king asked the woman alive, and get into the city. fhe told him. So the king appointed unto 13 And one of his fervants anfwered and her a certain officer, faying, Reftore al that faid, Let fome take, I pray thee,five ofthe washers, and all the fruits of field, fince horfes that remain, which are left in the the-day that the lefty land even till now. city; (behold, they are as all the multitude 7 And Elifha came to Damafcus; and offfrael that are left in it: behold, Lay they Ben-hadad the king of Syria was fick, and are even as all the multitude of Ifraelites it was told him,faying, The man of God is that are confumed )and let us fend and fee. come hither. 14 They took therefore two chariothorfes, and the king fent after the hoft of the Syrians, faying, Go and fee. 15 And they went after them to Jordan, and lo, all the way was full of garments and veffels, which the Syrians had caft away in their hafte: and the meffengers returned and told the king. 16 And the people went out and fpoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a meafure of fine flour was fold for a fhekel, and two meafures of barley for a fhekel, according to the words of the LORD. 17 And the king appointed the lord on whofe hand he feared, to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had faid, who fpake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pafs as the man ofGod had fpoken to the king, faying, Two meafures of barley for a fhekel, and a meafure of fine flour for a fhekel, fhall be to morrow about this time in the gate ofSamaria. 19 And that ford answered the man of God, and faid, Now behold, if the LORD hould make windows in heaven, might fuch a thing be? And he faid, Behold, thou 8 And the king faid unto Hazael, Take a prefent in thine hand, & go meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, faying, Shall I recover of this difeafe? SoHazael went to meet him, and took a preferit him, even of every good thing of Damafcus fourty camels burden, and came & ftood before him, & faid, Thy fon Benhadad king of Syria hath fent me to thee,faying, Shall I recover of this difeafe? roAnd Elifha faid unto him, Go fay unto him, Thou mayeft certainly recover: howbeit, the LORD hath fhewed me, that he thall furely die. II And he fetled 'his countenance fted-faltly untill he was afhamed: and the na of God wept. 12 And Hazael faid, Why weepeth my lord? And he aufwered,becaufe I know the evill that thou wilt do unto children of Ifrael: their strong holds wilt thou fet on fire, and their young men wilt thou flay with the fword, and wilt dafh their chil dren, aud rip up their women with childe. 13 And Hazael faid, But what, is thy fervant a dog that fhould do this great thing? And Elisha anfwered, The LORD hath fhewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 50 Febu anointed. Chap. ix. Foram flain. 14 So he departed from Elifha, and came box of oyl in thine hand, and go to Rato his master, who faid to him, What faid moth-gilead. Elitha to thee? And he anfwered, He told 2 And when thou comeft thither, look me that thou shouldeft furely recover. out there Jehu the fon of Jehoshaphat, the 15 And it came to pafs on the morrow, fon of Nimfhi, and go in, and make him that he took a thick cloath, and dipt it in arife up from among his brethren,and carwater; and fpread it on his face, fo that he ry him to an inner-chamber. died: and Hazael reigned in his tead. 16And in the fifth year of Juram the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, Iehoshaphat being then king of ludah, Jehoram the fon of lehofhaphat king of Iudah began to reigne. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerufalem. 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Ifrael, as did thehoufe of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evill in the fight of the LORD. 19 Yet the LORD would not deftroy Judah, for David his fervants fake, as he promifed him to give him alway a light, and to his children. 20 In his dayes Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themfelves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he rofe by night and fmote the Edomites which compaled him about, and the captains of chariots, and the people fled unto their tents. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.ThenLibnah. revolted at the fame time, 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram,& all She did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24 And Joram flept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his fun reigned in his stead. 251 In the twelfth year of Joram the fun of Ahab king of Ifrael,did Ahaziah the fon of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign: and he reigned one year in Jerufalem, and his mothers name was Athaliah, the daughter, of Omri king of Ifrael. 27 And he walked in way of the houfe of Ahab, and did evill in the fight of the LORD, as did the houfe of Ahab: for he was the fon in law of the houfe of Ahab. 28 And he went with Joram the fon of Ahab, to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians Wounded Joram. 29.And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria: and Ahaziah fon of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to fee Joram the fon of Ahab in Jezreel, becaufe he was fick. CHAP. IX. 1 leba is anointed, 21 Hekilletb Ioram in the field of Naboth, 30 Iezebel is eaten by dogs. 3'I hen take the box af oyl, and poure is on his head, and fay, Thus faith the LORD, I have anointed theek ng over Ifrael:then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5. And when he came, behold, captains of the hoft were fitting: and he faid, I have an arrand unto thee, O captain: and Jehu faid, Unto which ofall us? And he faid, To thee, O captain. 6 And he arofe, and-went into the house, and he poured the oyl on his head, and faid unto him, Thus faith the LORD God of If rael, I have anointed theeking over the people of the LORD, even over Ifrael. 7 And thou fhalt fmite the houfe ofAhab thy mafter, that I may avenge the blood of my fervants the prophets, and the blood of all the fervants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole houfe of Ahab fhall perifh, and I will cut off from Ahab, him that piffeth against the wall, and him that is fhut up and left in Ifrael. 9 And I will make the houfe of Ahab,like the houfe of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, like the houfe of Baafha the fon ofAhijah. 10 And the dogs fhall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, & there shall be none to bury her.And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the fervants of his lord, and one faid unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he faid unto them, Yeknow the man and his communication. 12 And they faid, It is faffe, tell us now: and he faid, Thus and thus fpake he to me, faying, Thus faith the LORD,I have anoin ted thee king over Ifrael. 13 Then they hafted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top over the ftairs, and blew with trumpets, faying, Jehu is king, 14 So Jehu, the fon of Jehofhaphat, the fon of Nimfhi, confpired against Joram: (now Jorrm had kept Ramoth-gilead,he& all Ifrael, becaufe of Hazael king of Syria, 15 Butking Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazaelking of Syria)And Jehu faid, If it be your mindes,then let none go forth nor efcape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot,and went to Jezreel, (for Joram lay there) & Ahazial king of Judah was come down to feeJoram 17 And there ftood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he fpied the company of Jehu as he came, and faid, I fee a comNd Elifba the Prophet called one of pany. And Joram faid, Take an horfeman, Athe children of the prophets, and faid and fend to meet them, and let them lay to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this Is it peace? |