Book 12 : 2 KINGS - Chapter 007
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Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of
God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would 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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And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the
gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we
die
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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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And they rose 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
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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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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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And when these lepers came to the uttermost 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
came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence
also, and went and hid it
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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, some mischief will come upon us: now
therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household
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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
horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were
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And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's
house within
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And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I
will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know
that we be 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 catch them alive, and get into the city
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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, I say, they are even as all the
multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us
send and see
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They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent
after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see
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And they went after them unto 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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And the people went out, and spoiled the tents 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 the
LORD
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And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned 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 said, who spake
when the king came down to him
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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 lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold,
if the LORD 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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And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in
the gate, and he died
Book 12 : 2 KINGS - Chapter 007
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