12:006:002 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 answered, Go ye.
12:006:003 And one said, Be content, I pray thee,
and go with thy
servants.
And he answered, I will go.
12:006:004 So he went with them. And when they
came to Jordan, they cut
down
wood.
12:006:005 But as one was felling a beam, the axe
head fell into the
water:
and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was
borrowed.
12:006:006 And the man of God said, Where fell it?
And he shewed him the
place.
And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and
the
iron did swim.
12:006:007 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee.
And he put out his
hand,
and took it.
12:006:008 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel,
and took counsel
with
his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall
be
my
camp.
12:006:009 And the man of God sent unto the king of
Israel, saying,
Beware
that thou pass not such a place; for thither the
Syrians
are come down.
12:006:010 And the king of Israel sent to the place
which the man of God
told
him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not
once
nor
twice.
12:006:011 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria
was sore troubled for
this
thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them,
Will
ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12:006:012 And one of his servants said, None, my
lord, O king: but
Elisha,
the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of
Israel
the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
12:006:013 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that
I may send and fetch
him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
12:006:014 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots,
and a great
host:
and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
12:006:015 And when the servant of the man of God
was risen early, and
gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with
horses
and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas,
my
master!
how shall we do?
12:006:016 And he answered, Fear not: for they
that be with us are more
than
they that be with them.
12:006:017 And Elisha prayed, and said, lord,
I pray thee, open his eyes,
that
he may see. And the lord opened the eyes
of the young
man;
and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full
of horses
and
chariots of fire round about Elisha.
12:006:018 And when they came down to him, Elisha
prayed unto the lord,
and
said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness.
And
he
smote them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha.


