2 Kings 7:11-20

11And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king’s house. 12Then the king got up 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; so they have left 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 responded and said, “Please, have some men take five of the horses that 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 like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send them and see.” 14Therefore they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them 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 when they fled in a hurry. Then the messengers returned and informed 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, 6in accordance with the word of the Lord. 17Now the king appointed 7the royal officer on whose hand he leaned 8to be in 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. 18So it 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 about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.” 19At that time the royal officer had responded to the man of God and said, “Now even if 13the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could such a thing as this happen?” And he had said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat 14any of it.” 20And this is what happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.