12:007:011 And he called the porters; and they told
it to the king’s
house
within.
12:007:012 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.
12:007:013 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.
12:007:014 They took therefore two chariot horses;
and the king sent
after
the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
12:007:015 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.
12:007:016 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.
12:007:017 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.
12:007:018 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:
12:007:019 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.
12:007:020 And so it fell out unto him: for the
people trode upon him in
the
gate, and he died.
12:008:001 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose
son he had restored to
life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and
sojourn
wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the lord
hath
called
for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land
seven
years.
12:008:002 And the woman arose, and did after the
saying of the man of
God:
and she went with her household, and sojourned in the
land
of the Philistines seven years.


