2 Kings 6

1And the sonsH1121 of the prophetsH5030 saidH559 unto ElishaH477, Behold now, the placeH4725 whereH834 we dwellH3427 before thee is too strait for us. 2Let us go, we pray thee, unto the JordanH3383, and takeH3947 thence every manH376 a beamH6982, and let us makeH6213 us a placeH4725 there, where we may dwellH3427. And he answered, Go ye. 3And oneH259 saidH559, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servantsH5650. And he answered, I will go. 4So he wentH935 with them. And when they cameH935 to the JordanH3383, they cutH1504 down woodH6086. 5But as oneH259 wasH1961 fellingH5307 a beamH6982, the axe-head fellH5307 into the waterH4325; and he criedH6817, and saidH559, AlasH162, my masterH113! for it wasH1961 borrowed. 6And the manH376 of GodH430 saidH559, Where fellH5307 it? And he showedH7200 him the placeH4725. And he cut down a stick, and castH7993 it in thither, and made the ironH1270 to swim. 7And he saidH559, TakeH3947 it up to thee. So he put out his handH3027, and tookH3947 it.

8Now the kingH4428 of Syria wasH1961 warring against IsraelH3478; and he took counselH3289 with his servantsH5650, sayingH559, In such and such a placeH4725 shall beH1961 my camp. 9And the manH376 of GodH430 sentH7971 unto the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, Beware that thou passH5674 not such a placeH4725; for thither the Syrians are coming down. 10And the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 sentH7971 to the placeH4725 which the manH376 of GodH430 told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice. 11And the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 of Syria was sore troubled for this thingH1697; and he calledH7121 his servantsH5650, and saidH559 unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478? 12And oneH259 of his servantsH5650 saidH559, Nay, my lordH113, O kingH4428; but ElishaH477, the prophetH5030 that is in IsraelH3478, telleth the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 the wordsH1697 that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 13And he saidH559, GoH7971 and seeH7200 where he is, that I may sendH7971 and fetch him. And it was toldH5046 him, sayingH559, Behold, he is in DothanH1886.

14Therefore sentH7971 he thither horsesH5483, and chariotsH7393, and a great host: and they cameH935 by nightH3915, and compassed the cityH5892 about. 15And when the servantH5288 of the manH376 of GodH430 was risenH6965 earlyH7925, and goneH3318 forthH3318, behold, a host with horsesH5483 and chariotsH7393 was roundH5437 about the cityH5892. And his servantH5288 saidH559 unto him, AlasH162, my masterH113! howH349 shall we do? 16And he answered, FearH3372 not; for they that are with us are more than they that are with them. 17And ElishaH477 prayedH6419, and saidH559, Jehovah, I prayH6419 thee, openH6491 his eyesH5869, that he may seeH7200. And Jehovah openedH6491 the eyesH5869 of the youngH5288 manH5288; and he sawH7200: and, behold, the mountainH2022 was fullH4390 of horsesH5483 and chariotsH7393 of fireH784 roundH5439 about ElishaH477. 18And when they cameH3381 downH3381 to him, ElishaH477 prayedH6419 unto Jehovah, and saidH559, Smite this people, I prayH6419 thee, with blindnessH5575. And he smote them with blindnessH5575 according to the wordH1697 of ElishaH477. 19And ElishaH477 saidH559 unto them, This is not the wayH1870, neither is this the cityH5892: follow me, and I will bring you to the manH376 whom ye seekH1245. And he led them to SamariaH8111.

20And it cameH935 to pass, when they wereH1961 comeH935 into SamariaH8111, that ElishaH477 saidH559, Jehovah, openH6491 the eyesH5869 of these men, that they may seeH7200. And Jehovah openedH6491 their eyesH5869, and they sawH7200; and, behold, they wereH1961 in the midstH8432 of SamariaH8111. 21And the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 saidH559 unto ElishaH477, when he sawH7200 them, My fatherH1, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast takenH7617 captiveH7617 with thy swordH2719 and with thy bowH7198? setH7760 breadH3899 and waterH4325 before them, that they may eatH398 and drinkH8354, and go to their masterH113. 23And he prepared greatH1419 provision for them; and when they had eatenH398 and drunkH8354, he sentH7971 them awayH7971, and they wentH935 to their masterH113. And the bandsH1416 of Syria cameH935 no more into the landH776 of IsraelH3478.

24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of Syria gatheredH6908 all his host, and wentH5927 up, and besieged SamariaH8111. 25And there wasH1961 a greatH1419 famineH7458 in SamariaH8111: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s headH7218 wasH1961 sold for fourscore pieces of silverH3701, and the fourthH7255 part of a kab of dove’s dung for fiveH2568 pieces of silverH3701. 26And as the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 wasH1961 passingH5674 by upon the wallH2346, there criedH6817 a womanH802 unto him, sayingH559, Help, my lordH113, O kingH4428. 27And he saidH559, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepressH3342? 28And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This womanH802 saidH559 unto me, GiveH5414 thy sonH1121, that we may eatH398 him to-day, and we will eatH398 my sonH1121 to-morrow. 29So we boiledH1310 my sonH1121, and did eatH398 him: and I saidH559 unto her on the next dayH3117, GiveH5414 thy sonH1121, that we may eatH398 him; and she hath hidH2244 her sonH1121. 30And it came to passH5674, when the kingH4428 heardH8085 the wordsH1697 of the womanH802, that he rent his clothesH899 (now he wasH1961 passingH5674 by upon the wallH2346); and the peopleH5971 lookedH7200, and, behold, he had sackclothH8242 within upon his fleshH1320. 31Then he saidH559, GodH430 do so to me, and more also, if the headH7218 of ElishaH477 the sonH1121 of ShaphatH8202 shall standH5975 on him this dayH3117.

32But ElishaH477 was sittingH3427 in his houseH1004, and the eldersH2205 were sittingH3427 with him; andthe kingsentH7971 a manH376 from before him: but ere the messengerH4397 cameH935 to him, he saidH559 to the eldersH2205, SeeH7200 ye how this sonH1121 of a murdererH7523 hath sentH7971 to take awayH5493 my headH7218? lookH7200, when the messengerH4397 cometh, shutH5462 the doorH1817, and hold the doorH1817 fast against him: is not the soundH6963 of his master’sH113 feetH7272 behind him? 33And while he was yetH5750 talking with them, behold, the messengerH4397 cameH3381 downH3381 unto him: and he saidH559, Behold, this evilH7451 is of Jehovah; whyH4100 should I waitH3176 for Jehovah any longer?