2 Kings 6
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2 Kings 6:24-33

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?

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