2 Kings 6

1 ♥ 📝 A nd the sons^H1121 of the prophets^H5030 said^H559 unto^H6440 Elisha,^H477 Behold now, the place^H4725 where we dwell^H3427 before thee is too strait^H6862 for us.

2 ♥ 📝 Let us go,^H3212 we pray thee, unto the Jordan,^H3383 and take^H3947 thence every man^H376 a^H259 beam,^H6982 and let us make^H6213 us a place^H4725 there, where we may dwell.^H3427 And he answered,^H559 Go^H3212 ye.

3 ♥ 📝 And one^H259 said,^H559 Be pleased,^H2974 I pray thee, to go^H3212 with thy servants.^H5650 And he answered,^H559 I will go.^H3212

4 ♥ 📝 So he went^H3212 with them. And when they came^H935 to the Jordan,^H3383 they cut down^H1504 wood.^H6086

5 ♥ 📝 But as one^H259 was felling^H5307 a beam,^H6982 the axe-head^H1270 fell^H5307 into the water;^H4325 and he cried,^H6817 and said,^H559 Alas,^H162 my master!^H113 for it was borrowed.^H7592

6 ♥ 📝 And the man^H376 of God^H430 said,^H559 Where^H575 fell^H5307 it? And he showed^H7200 him the place.^H4725 And he cut down^H7094 a stick,^H6086 and cast^H7993 it in thither, and made the iron^H1270 to swim.^H6687

7 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Take it up^H7311 to thee. So he put out^H7971 his hand,^H3027 and took^H3947 it.

8 ♥ 📝 Now the king^H4428 of Syria^H758 was warring^H3898 against Israel;^H3478 and he took counsel^H3289 with his servants,^H5650 saying,^H559 In such^H492 and such^H6423 a place^H4725 shall be my camp.^H8466

9 ♥ 📝 And the man^H376 of God^H430 sent^H7971 unto the king^H4428 of Israel,^H3478 saying,^H559 Beware^H8104 that thou pass^H5674 not such^H2088 a place;^H4725 for thither the Syrians^H758 are coming down.^H5185

10 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 sent^H7971 to the place^H4725 which the man^H376 of God^H430 told^H559 him and warned^H2094 him of; and he saved^H8104 himself there, not once^H259 nor twice.^H8147

11 ♥ 📝 And the heart^H3820 of the king^H4428 of Syria^H758 was sore troubled^H5590 for this thing;^H1697 and he called^H7121 his servants,^H5650 and said^H559 unto them, Will ye not show^H5046 me which of us is for the king^H4428 of Israel?^H3478

12 ♥ 📝 And one^H259 of his servants^H5650 said,^H559 Nay, my lord,^H113 O king;^H4428 but Elisha,^H477 the prophet^H5030 that is in Israel,^H3478 telleth^H5046 the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 the words^H1697 that thou speakest^H1696 in thy bedchamber.^H2315

13 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Go^H3212 and see^H7200 where^H351 he is, that I may send^H7971 and fetch^H3947 him. And it was told^H5046 him, saying,^H559 Behold, he is in Dothan.^H1886

14 ♥ 📝 Therefore sent^H7971 he thither horses,^H5483 and chariots,^H7393 and a great^H3515 host:^H2428 and they came^H935 by night,^H3915 and compassed^H5362 the city^H5892 about.^H5362

15 ♥ 📝 And when the servant^H8334 of the man^H376 of God^H430 was risen^H6965 early,^H7925 and gone forth,^H3318 behold, a host^H2428 with horses^H5483 and chariots^H7393 was round about^H5437 the city.^H5892 And his servant^H5288 said^H559 unto him, Alas,^H162 my master!^H113 how shall we do?^H6213

16 ♥ 📝 And he answered,^H559 Fear^H3372 not; for they that are with us are more^H7227 than they that are with them.

17 ♥ 📝 And Elisha^H477 prayed,^H6419 and said,^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 I pray thee, open^H6491 his eyes,^H5869 that he may see.^H7200 And Jehovah^H3068 opened^H6491 the eyes^H5869 of the young man;^H5288 and he saw:^H7200 and, behold, the mountain^H2022 was full^H4390 of horses^H5483 and chariots^H7393 of fire^H784 round about^H5439 Elisha.^H477

18 ♥ 📝 And when they came down^H3381 to him, Elisha^H477 prayed^H6419 unto Jehovah,^H3068 and said,^H559 Smite^H5221 this people,^H1471 I pray thee, with blindness.^H5575 And he smote^H5221 them with blindness^H5575 according to the word^H1697 of Elisha.^H477

19 ♥ 📝 And Elisha^H477 said^H559 unto them, This is not the way,^H1870 neither is this^H2090 the city:^H5892 follow^H3212 me, and I will bring^H3212 you to the man^H376 whom ye seek.^H1245 And he led^H3212 them to Samaria.^H8111

20 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when they were come^H935 into Samaria,^H8111 that Elisha^H477 said,^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 open^H6491 the eyes^H5869 of these men, that they may see.^H7200 And Jehovah^H3068 opened^H6491 their eyes,^H5869 and they saw;^H7200 and, behold, they were in the midst^H8432 of Samaria.^H8111

21 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 said^H559 unto Elisha,^H477 when he saw^H7200 them, My father,^H1 shall I smite^H5221 them? shall I smite^H5221 them?

22 ♥ 📝 And he answered,^H559 Thou shalt not smite^H5221 them: wouldest thou smite^H5221 those whom thou hast taken captive^H7617 with thy sword^H2719 and with thy bow?^H7198 set^H7760 bread^H3899 and water^H4325 before^H6440 them, that they may eat^H398 and drink,^H8354 and go^H3212 to their master.^H113

23 ♥ 📝 And he prepared^H3739 great^H1419 provision^H3740 for them; and when they had eaten^H398 and drunk,^H8354 he sent them away,^H7971 and they went^H3212 to their master.^H113 And the bands^H1416 of Syria^H758 came^H935 no more^H3254 into the land^H776 of Israel.^H3478

24 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass after this,^H310 that Benhadad^H1130 king^H4428 of Syria^H758 gathered^H6908 all his host,^H4264 and went up,^H5927 and besieged^H6696 Samaria.^H8111

25 ♥ 📝 And there was a great^H1419 famine^H7458 in Samaria:^H8111 and, behold, they besieged^H6696 it, until an ass's^H2543 head^H7218 was sold for fourscore^H8084 [pieces] of silver,^H3701 and the fourth part^H7255 of a kab^H6894 of dove's dung^H3123 for five^H2568 [ pieces] of silver.^H3701

26 ♥ 📝 And as the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 was passing by^H5674 upon the wall,^H2346 there cried^H6817 a woman^H802 unto him, saying,^H559 Help,^H3467 my lord,^H113 O king.^H4428

27 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 If Jehovah^H3068 do not help^H3467 thee, whence^H370 shall I help^H3467 thee? out of the threshing-floor,^H1637 or out of the winepress?^H3342

28 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,^H559 This woman^H802 said^H559 unto me, Give^H5414 thy son,^H1121 that we may eat^H398 him to-day,^H3117 and we will eat^H398 my son^H1121 to-morrow.^H4279

29 ♥ 📝 So we boiled^H1310 my son,^H1121 and did eat^H398 him: and I said^H559 unto her on the next^H312 day,^H3117 Give^H5414 thy son,^H1121 that we may eat^H398 him; and she hath hid^H2244 her son.^H1121

30 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass, when the king^H4428 heard^H8085 the words^H1697 of the woman,^H802 that he rent^H7167 his clothes^H899 (now he was passing by^H5674 upon the wall);^H2346 and the people^H5971 looked,^H7200 and, behold, he had sackcloth^H8242 within^H1004 upon his flesh.^H1320

31 ♥ 📝 Then he said,^H559 God^H430 do^H6213 so to me, and more^H3254 also, if the head^H7218 of Elisha^H477 the son^H1121 of Shaphat^H8202 shall stand^H5975 on him this day.^H3117

32 ♥ 📝 But Elisha^H477 was sitting^H3427 in his house,^H1004 and the elders^H2205 were sitting^H3427 with him; and [the king] sent^H7971 a man^H376 from before^H6440 him: but ere the messenger^H4397 came^H935 to him, he said^H559 to the elders,^H2205 See^H7200 ye how this son^H1121 of a murderer^H7523 hath sent^H7971 to take away^H5493 my head?^H7218 look,^H7200 when the messenger^H4397 cometh,^H935 shut^H5462 the door,^H1817 and hold the door^H1817 fast^H3905 against him: is not the sound^H6963 of his master's^H113 feet^H7272 behind^H310 him?

33 ♥ 📝 And while he was yet talking^H1696 with them, behold, the messenger^H4397 came down^H3381 unto him: and he said,^H559 Behold, this evil^H7451 is of Jehovah;^H3068 why should I wait^H3176 for Jehovah^H3068 any longer?