2 Kings 7
7:1And Elisha said, Hear the word of the lord! Thus says the lord, At this same hour tomorrow, a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.
7:2And the tribune responded (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) to the man of God, and he said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall this thing be, no. And Elisha said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but you shall not eat from there.
7:3And four men, lepers, were by the door of the city. And said one man to his neighbor, Why do we sit here until we die?
7:4If we should say, We should enter into the city, and the famine is in the city, then we shall die there. And if we sit here, then we shall die. And now, come, and we shall fall into the camp of Syria. If they should bring us forth alive, then we shall live. And if they should kill us, then we shall die.
7:5And they rose up in the darkness to enter into the camp of Syria. And they entered unto a part of the camp of Syria. And behold, there was not a man there.
7:6For the lord made audible in the camp of Syria a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, and a sound of a great force. And each man said to his neighbor, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
7:7And they rose up, and ran away in the darkness. And they abandoned their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, as was in the camp; and they fled for their lives.
7:8And these lepers came unto a part of the camp. And they entered into one tent, and ate, and drank, and lifted from there silver, and gold, and clothes, and they went and hid everything. And they returned and entered into another tent, and they took from there, and went and hid them.
7:9And said one man to his neighbor, We are not thus doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent, and are waiting until light of the morning, and we shall find iniquity. Now then, come, we should go and announce to the house of the king.
7:10And they entered and yelled by the gate of the city. And they announced to them, saying, We entered into the camp of Syria, and behold, there is not there a man nor a voice of a man, but only a horse being tied and a donkey being tied, and their tents as they are.
7:11And they called the doorkeepers. And they announce to the house of the king inside.
7:12And the king rose up in the night, and said to his servants, I shall report indeed to you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we hunger, and they went forth from out of the camp, to hide in a field, saying, They shall come forth from out of the city, and we shall seize them alive, and we shall enter into the city.
7:13And answered one of his servants, and said, Let them take indeed five of the horses, of the ones being left behind, which they left behind here. Behold, they are for all the multitude of Israel faltering; for we will send there and see.
7:14And they took two riders of horses; and the king of Israel sent them after Syria, saying, Go and see!
7:15And they went after them unto the Jordan. And behold, all the way was full of clothes and items, which the Syrians tossed in their being distraught. And the messengers returned, and announced to the king.
7:16And the people came forth, and they tore in pieces the camp of Syria. And a measure of fine flour became worth a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the saying of the lord.
7:17And the king placed the tribune (upon whom the king rested upon his hand) over the gate. And the people trampled him at the gate, and he died as the man of God said, who spoke with the messenger coming down to him.
7:18And it came to pass as Elisha said to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and it will be at this hour tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.
7:19And the tribune answered to the man of God, and said, And if the lord should make a torrent in the heaven, shall this thing be, no. And the man of God said Behold, you will see with your eyes, but from there you will not eat.
7:20And it came to pass so; and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.