Chap. v.

and his eyes upon his eyes, and his handset that is in Samaria! For he would reupon his hands: and he stretched himself cover him of his leprofy. upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

43 And his fervitor faid, what! Should I 12 are not Abana and Pharpar. rivfet this before an hundred men? He faiders of Damafcus, better than all the waagain, Give the people, that they may ters of Ifrael? May I not wath in them, eat: for thus faith the LORD, They fhall and be clean? So he turned and went aeat, and shall leave thereof. way in a rage.

44 So he fet it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

13 And his fervants came near, and fpake unto him, and faid, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do fome great thing, Wouldeft thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he faith to thee, Wath, and be clean?

1 Naaman is cured of bis leprofy. 15 Elifba refufeth Naaman's gifts. 20 Gebazi is fmitten with leprosy. 14 Then went he down, and dipped NOW Naaman, captain of the hoft of himself feven times in Jordan, according the king of Syria, was a great man with to the faying of the man of God: and his malter, and honourable, becaufe his flesh came again like unto the flesh of by him the LORD had given deliverance a little child, and he was clean unto Syria: he was alfo a mighty man in valour, but be was a leper.

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Ifrael a little maid; and fhe waited on Naaman's wife.

15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and flood before him and he faid, Be hold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Ifrael: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blefling of thy fervant. S And the faid unto her mistress. : 16 But he faid, As the LORD liveth, Would God my lord were with the proph-before whom I ftand, I will receive none.

324 Gebazi fmitten with leprofy. II. KINGS.
And he urged him to take it; but he re-
fuled.

17 And Naaman faid, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy fervant two mules' burthen of earth? For thy fervant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor facrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

13 In this thing the LORD pardon thy fervant, that when my mafter goeth into the boufe of Rimmon to worthip there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myfelf in the houfe of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the houfe of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy fervant in this thing.

19 And he faid unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

20 But Gehazi, the fervant of Elisha the man of God, faid, Behold my master hath fpared 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 fomewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman faw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and faid, Is all well?

22 And he faid, All is well. My mafter hath fent me, faying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the fons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of filver, and two changes of garments.

23 And Naaman faid, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of filver in two bags, with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his fervants; and they bare them before him.

24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand and beftowed them in the houfe: and he let the men go, and they departed.

25 But he went in and stood before his mafter. And Elifba faid unto him, Whence comeft thou, Gehazi? And he faid, Thy fervant went no whither.

26 And he faid unto him, Went not mine heart with thee,when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money,and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menfervants, and maidfervants ?

27 The leprofy therefore of Naaman fhall cleave unto thee, and unto thy feed for ever. And he went out from his prefence a leper as white as fnow.

CHAP. VI.

1 Elia caufetbiron to fwim. 8 He difclofeth the king of Syria's counfel; 18 and /miteth his army with blindness. AND the fons of the prophets faid unto Elia, Behold now, the place where we dwell with three is too fait for us.

Elifba maketh iron to fwim.

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 anfwered, Go ye.

5 And one faid, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy fervants. And he anfwered, 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 ax head fell into the water; and he cried, and faid, Alas, master 1 for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God faid, Where fell it? And he fhewed him the place. And he cut down a ftick, and caft it in thither; and the iron did fwim.

7 Therefore, faid he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

8 Then the king of Syria warred againft Ifrael, and took counsel with his fervants, faying, In fuch and such a place all be my camp.

9 And the man of God fent unto the king of Ifrael, faying, Beware that thou pass not fuch a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

10 And the king of Ifrael fent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was fore troubled for this thing; and he called his fervants, and faid unto them, Will ye not fhew me which of us is for the king of Ifrael?

12 And one of his fervants faid, None, my lord, O king: but Elima, the prophet that is in Ifrael, telleth the king of lfrael the words that thou speakeft in thy bedchamber.

13 And he faid, Go and fpy where he is, that I may fend and fetch him. And it was told him, faying, Behold, be is in Dothan.

14 Therefore he fent thither horfes,and chariots, and a great hoft: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

15 And when the fervant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth behold, an hoft compaffed the city both with horfes and chariots. And his fervant faid unto him, Alas my mafter! How shall we do?

16 And he answered, Fear not : for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

17 And Elifha prayed, and faid, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may fee. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he faw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elitha.

18 ¶ And when they came down to him, Elifha prayed unto the LORD, and faid, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blind.

nefs

The Syrians fmitten with blindness. Chap. vii.

Their fudden flight. 325 nefs. And he fmote them with blindness 33 And while he yet talked with them according to the word of Elifha.

19 And Elisha faid unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye feek. But he led them to Samaria.

behold, the meffenger came down usto
him: and he faid, behold, this evil is of
the LORD; What! Should I wait for the
LORD any longer?
CHAP. VII.

1

Elifba propbefeth incredible plenty in
Samaria. 17 The unbelieving lord

trodden to death.

THEN Elisha faid, Hear ye the word

20 And it came to pafs, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of thefe men, that they may fee And the LORD opened their eyes, and they faw; and, behold, of the LORD; thus faith the LORD, they were in the midft of Samaria. Tomorrow about this time ball a meaf21 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Eli-ure of fine flour be fold for a fhekel, and fha, when he faw them, My father. Shall I two measures of barley for a fhekel, in fmite them? Shall I fmite them? the gate of Samaria.

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not fmite them: Wouldeft thou fmite thofe whom thou haft taken captive with thy fword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their mafter.

23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he fent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Ifrael.

24 And it came to pafs after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and befieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and. behold, they befieged it, until an afs's head was fold for fourfcore pieces of filver, and the fourth part of a cab of doves' dung for five pieces of filver. 26 And as the king of Ifrael was pafling by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, faying, Help, my lord, Oking. 27 And he faid, If the LORD do not help thee, Whence fhall I help thee? Out of the barn floor, or out of the wine prefs?

2 Then a lord on whofe hand the king leaned anfwered the man of God,and faid, Behold, If the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he faid, Behold, thou fhalt fee it with thine eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof.

3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they faid one to another, Why it we here until we die?

4 If we fay, we will enter into the city. then the famine is in the city, and we fhall die there: and if we fit ftill here, we die also. Now therefore, come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they fave us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

5 And they rofe up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noife of chariots, and a noife of horfes, even the noise of a great 28 And the king faid unto her, What hoft: and they faid one to another Lo, aileth thee? And the anfwered. This wom-the king of Ifrael hath hired againft us an faid unto me, Give thy fon, that we the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of may eat him today, and we will eat my the Egyptians, to come upon us. fon tomorrow.

29 So we boiled my fon, and did eat him and I faid unto her on the next day, Give thy fon that we may eat him: and the hath hid her fon.

30 And it came to pafs, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he paffed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, be bad fackcloth within upon his flesh.

$1 Then he faid, God do fo and more alfo to me, if the head of Elifba the son of Shaphat hall ftand on him this day.

32 But Elisha fat in his houfe, and the elders fat with him; and the king fent a man from before him: but ere the meffenger came to him, he faid to the elders, See ye how this fon of a murderer hath fent to take away mine head? Look, when the meffenger cometh, fhut the door. and hold him falt at the door: Is not the found of his master's feet behind him?

7 Wherefore they arofe and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horfes and their afles, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

8 And when thefe lepers came to the uttermoft part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried ther ce filver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence alfo, and went and hid it.

9 Then they faid 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, fome mifchief 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 him, faying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,there was no man there,

neither

326 Great plenty in Samaria.

II. KINGS. The Shunammite's land reftored:

neither voice of man, but horfes tied, and affes tied, and the tents as they were.

11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's houfe within.

12 And the king arofe in the night, and faid unto his fervants, I will now thew you 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, faying, When they come out of the city, we fhall catch them alive, and get into the city.

2 And the woman arose, and did after. the faying of the man of God and the went with her household, and fojourned in the land of the Philistines feven years.

3 And it came to país at the feven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and the went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the fervant of the man of God, faying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elifha hath done.

18 And one of his fervants anfwered and faid, Let fome take, I pray thee, five 5 And it came to pafs, as he was telling of the horfes that remain, which are left the king how he had reftored a dead body in the city, (behold, they are as all the to life, that, behold the woman, whofe multitude of Ifrael that are left in it: be-fon he had restored to life, cried to the hold, Ifay, they are even as all the multi- king for her houfe, and for her land. tude of the Ifraelites that are confumed:) And Gehazi faid, My lord. Oking, this and let us fend and fee. is the woman, and this is her fon, whom Elitha restored to life.

14 They took therefore two chariot horfes; and the king fent after the hoft of the Syrians, faying, Go and fee.

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6 And when the king afked the woman, fhe told him. So the king appoint15 And they went after them unto Jor-ed unto her a certain officer, faying, Redan and, lo, all the way was full of flore all that was her's, and all the fruits garments and veffels, which the Syrians of the field fince the day that the left the had caft away in their hafte. And the land, even until now, meffengers returned and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and fpoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was fold for a fhekel, and two measures of barley for a fhekel, according to the word of the LORD.

17 And the king appointed the lord on whofe 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 faid, who fpake when the king came down to him.

18 And it came to pafs, as the man of God had spoken to the king, faying, Two measures of barley for a fhekel, and a measure of fine flour for a fhekel, fhall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

19 And that lord anfwered the man of God, and faid, Now, behold, if the LORD hould make windows in heaven, might fuch a thing be? And he faid, Belold. thou shalt fee it with thine eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof.

20 And fo it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

7 And Eliha came to Damafcus ; and Benhadad the king of Syria was fick and it was told him faying, The man of God has come hither.

8 And the king faid unto Hazael, Take a prefent in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, faying, Shall I recover of this difeafe ?

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a prefent with him, even of every good thing of Damafcus, forty camels' burden and came and stood before him, and faid, Thy fon Benhadad king of Syria hath fent me to thee, faying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10 And Elitha faid unto him, Go, fay unto, him Thou mayeft certainly recover: how beit, the LORD hath fhewed me that he fhall furely die.

11 And he fettled his countenance fted faftly, until he was afhamed: and the man of God wept.

12 And Hazael faid, Why_weepeth my lord: And he anfwered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Ifrael: their ftrong holds wilt thou fet on fire, and their young-men 1 The Shunammite bath her land reftored. wilt thou flay with the fword, and wilt 15 Hazael killeth his mafter, and fuc-dash their children, and rip up their womceedeth him. 16 Feboram's wicked en with child.

CHAP. VIII.

reign 24 Abaziab fucceedeth him. 13 And Hazael faid, But what! Is thy THEN fpake Elisha unto the woman fervant a dog, that he should do this great whofe fon he had restored to life, faying, thing? And Elisha anfwered, The LORD Arife, and go thou and thine houfe-hath fhewed me that thou shalt be king bold, and fojourn wherefoever thou over Syria. canft fojourn for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon came to his master; wno faid to him, the land feven years. What faid Elisha to thee? And he aniwered,

14 So he departed from Elisha, and

Hazael killerb Benhadad.

Chap. ix.

Jebu anointed king. $27

fwered, He told me that thou fhouldest Judah went down to fee Joram the fon of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was fick. CHAP. IX.

furely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth,and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, fo that he died and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 And in the fifth year of Jóram the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, Jehohaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the fon of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerufalem.

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Ifrael, as did the house of Ahab for the daughter of Ahab was his wife and he did evil in the fight of

the LORD.

19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his fervant's fake, as he promifed him to give him alway a light, and to his children:

1 Jebu is anointed. 11 He killerb Foram in the field of Naboth. 30 Jezebel eaten by dogs.

AND Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and faid unto him, Gird up thy loins,and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

2 And when thou comeft thither, look out there Jehu the fon of Jehoshaphat the fon of Nimhi, and go in, and make him arife up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and fay, Thus faith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Ifrael. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the cap

20 In his days Edom revolted from un-tains of the hoft were fitting, and he faid, der the hand of Judah, and made a king I have an errand to thee, O captain. over themselves. And Jehu faid, Unto which of all us? And he faid, To thee, O captain.

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he arofe by night, and fmote the Edomites which compaffed 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 fame 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 fon reigned in his ftead.

25 In the twelfth year of Joram the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, did Ahaziah the fon of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

6 And he arofe, and went into the houfe; and he poured the oil on his head, and faid unto him, Thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Ifrael.

7 And thou shalt fmite the house of Ahab thy mafter, that I may avenge the blood of my fervants the prophets, and the blood of all the fervants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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8 For the whole houfe of Ahab shall perish and I will cut off from Ahab him that piffeth against the wall, and him that is fhut up and left in Ifrael:

9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the houfe of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the fon of Ahijah:

10 And the dogs hall eat Jezebel in 20 Two and twenty years old was A-the portion of Jezreel and there shall be haziah when he began to reign; and he none to bury ber. And he opened the reigned one year in Jerufalem. And his door, and fed.

mother's name was Athaliah, the daugh- 11 Then Jehu came forth to the fer. ter of Omri king of Ifrael.

vants of his lord: and one faid unto him, Is all well? Wherefore came this mad felow to thee? And he faid unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the fight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the fon in law of the houfe of 12 And they faid, It is falfe; tell us Ahab. now And he faid. Thus and thus fpake 28 And he went with Joram the fon of he to me, faying, Thus faith the LORD, I Ahab to the war against Hazael king of have anointed thee king over Ifrael. Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezree! of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of

18 Then they hafted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the fairs, and blew with trumpets, faying, Jehu is king.

14 So Jehu the fon of Jehoshaphat the fon of Nimhi confpired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead,

he