2 Kings 7:11-20

11The gatekeepers called and told it within the king’s household. 12Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that 1we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp 2to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’” 13One of his servants said, “Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left 3in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see.” 14They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.” 15They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.

16So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a 4measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two 5measures of barley for a shekel, 6according to the word of the Lord. 17Now the king appointed 7the royal officer on whose hand he leaned 8to have charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died just as the man of God had said, 9who spoke when the king came down to him. 18It happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “10Two 11measures of barley for a shekel and a 12measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria.” 19Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, “Now behold, 13if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat 14of it.” 20And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.