fore he went again to meet him, and told God my lord were with the prophet that is him, saying, The child is not awaked. in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, say. ing, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now, when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 81 And it was so, when Eiisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth,and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Is 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gebazi, and said, "Call this Shunammite. So he called her: and when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. 38 1 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat and it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot and they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said, Then bring meal: and he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat: and there was no harm in the pot. 42 And there came a man from Baal-rael may I not wash in them, and be clean? shalisha, and brought the man of God bread So he turned, and went away in a rage. of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof: and he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. I 43 And his servitor said, What! should set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. CHAP. V. NOW [OW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable; because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour; but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it: but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will hence I forth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice fit? And he shewed him the place. And he unto other gods, but unto the LORD. cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon; when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 20 But Gebazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman: and when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now 12 And one of his servants said, None, there be come to me from mount Ephraim my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that two young men of the sons of the prophets: is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber. two changes of garments. 13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots: and his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 25 But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. 16 And he answered, Fear not for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. heart with thee, when the man turned again And the LORD opened the eyes of the young from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to man; and he saw: and behold, the moun receive money, and to receive garments, and tain was full of horses and chariots of fire oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and round about Elisha. oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axehead fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. CHAP. VI. ND the sons of the prophets said unto the way; neither is this the city; follow me, now, where bring you to ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smité them? shall I smite them? 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with 6 And the man of God said, Where fellthy bow? Set bread and water before them, 11. KINGS. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the 24 And it came to pass after this, that en-hadad king of Syria gathered all his Ost, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 6 For the LORD had made the host of the 25 And there was a great famine in Sama-host; and they said one to another, Lo, the 7 Wherefore they arose, and fled in the 26 And as the king of Israel was pass-twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, fled for their life. ng by upon the wall, there cried a woman and their asses, even the camp as it was, and anto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king! 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help hee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press? 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son. _t they may eat and drink, and go to their ster. 23 And he prepared great provision for em: and when they had eaten and drunk, sent them away, and they went to their aster. So the bands of Syria came no more to the land of Israel. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent,and did eat and drink,and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into anwent and hid it. other tent, and carried thence also, and 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning-light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came, and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 11 And he called the porters, and they told it to the king's house within. 12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now slew you 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but, ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away what the Syrians have done to us: they know that we be hungry, therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that mine head? Look, when the messenger 33 And while he yet talked with them, be- 2 Then a lord, on whose hand the king TO-mor-are consumed,) let us send see. 14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syri ans, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan; and lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste: and the messengers returned, and told the king. 3¶ And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate; and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there and if we sit still here, we die also. 282 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barly for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 17 And the king appointed the lord, on whose hand he leaned, to have the charge of the gate and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure cf fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow, about this time, in the gate of Samaria ; 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing| be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him; for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAP. VIII. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house, and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field, since the day that she left the land, even until now. 71 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. Elisha unto the and it on his face, so that he whose son he had restored to life, say-died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. ing, Arise, and go thou and thine household, 16 And in the fifth year of Joram the and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat befor the LORD hath called for a famine; and ing then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of it shall also come upon the land seven years. Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 3 And it came to pass, at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house, and for her land. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, shall I recover of this disease? 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover; howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept. 13 And Hazael said, But what! is thy ser vant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children. 20 ¶ In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him; and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And king Joram went back to be heal ed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syri- be your minds, then let none go forth nor es ans had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria: and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. cape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 TSo Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Abazialı king of Judah was come down to see Joram. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company CHAP. IX. AND ND Elisha the prophet called one of the of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a comchildren of the prophets, and said unto pany. And Joram said, Take an horseman, him, gird up thy loins, and take this box of and send to meet them, and let him say, Is oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: it peace? 2 And when thou comest thither, look out 18 So there went one on horseback to meet there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with from among his brethren, and carry him to peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchan inner chamber; man told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again." 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel: then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting: and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his 6 And he arose, and went into the house; chariot was made ready. And Joram king and he poured the oil on his head, and said of Israel, and Ahaziah king of Judah, went unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Is-out, each in his chariot, and they went out rael, I have anointed thee king over the against Jehu, and met him in the portion of people of the LORD, even over Israel. Naboth the Jezreelite. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw thy master, that I may avenge the blood of Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And my servants the prophets, and the blood of he answered, What peace, so long as the all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel, and her Jezebel. witchcrafts, are so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah! 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; 11 ¶ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood man, and his communication. of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anoint-him into the plat of ground, according to the ed thee king over Israel. word of the LORD. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top 27¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he filed by the way of the garden of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, say-house: and Jehu followed after him,and said, ing, Jehu is king. Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam: and he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 14 So Jebu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram: (now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria: 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria :) and Jehu said, If it Judah, 28 And his servants carried him in a cha riot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his se pulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over |