him not again and lay my staff upon the face] of the child.

30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

Naaman's leprosy healed. 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 God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his le

31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing where-prosy. fore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying. The child is not awaked.

32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

33 He went in therefore, and shut the door epon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 31 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 Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunamite. 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 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.

4 And one went in and told his lord, saying, 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.

8 And it was so, when Elisha 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.

39 And one went out into the field to ga- 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, ther herbs, and found a wild vine, and gather-saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, ed thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and thy flesh shall come again unto thee, and and shred them into the pot of pottage: for thou shalt be clean. 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.

11 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 band over the place, and recover the leper.

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 And his servants came near, and spake 42 ¶ And there came a man from Baal-unto him, and said, My father, if the propbet shalisha, and brought the man of God bread had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, thou not have done it? how much rather and full ears of corn in the husk thereof: then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be and he said, Give unto the people that they clean? may eat.

43 And his servitor said, What! should I 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.

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

CHAP. V.

1 Naaman is cured of his leprosy. 15 Elisha refuseth Naaman's gifts. 27 Gehasi is smitten with leprosy.

Now 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 leper.

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 T 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 lerael; 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.

I

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then. pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice Fuste other gods, but unto the Load.

Elisha causeth iron to swim.

Chap. vi.

18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to wo ship 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 be departed from him a little way.

20But Gehazi 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.

21 So Gebazi 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?

22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments

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 bis servants, and they bare them before 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.

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.

8

He discloseth the king's counsel.

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my 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.

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.

11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing and be called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.

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,

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?

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, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man: and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

26 And he said unto him, Went not mine beart with thee, when the man turned again from bis chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha receive money, and to receive garments, and prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep and people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he oxen, and mer-servants, and maid-ser-smote them with blindness, according to the vants? word of Elisha.

27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever And be went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

CHAP. VI.

1 Elisha causeth iron to swim: 8 he discloseth
the king of Syria's counsel, 18 and smiteth his
army with blindness.

A Elista, Behold now, the place where we
ND the sons of the propheta said unto

dweil with thee is too strait for us.

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 dwel!. 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.

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

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 of Samaria. they saw; and behold, they were in the midst

21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha when he saw them, My father, shall I smite 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 thy bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their

4 So he went with them. And when they master. came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said. Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said. Where fell it? And be shewed him the place. And be cut) down a stick, and est it in thither and the iren did swim

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

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

24 T And it came to pass after this, that Ber-hadad king of Syria, gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria and behold, they besieged it until

A great famine tn Samaria.

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an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of doves' dung for five pieces of silver.

26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king!

27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, 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 da Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath bid

her son.

The Syrians' flight. twilight, "and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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 another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

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, 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 sack-but cloth 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.

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 mine head look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what! should I wait for the LORD any longer?

CHAP. VII.

1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 17 The unbelieving lord is trodden to death.

THE

HEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, TOmorrow, about this time, shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two meagures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

S' 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?

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 shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore have 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 are consumed:) and let us send and see.

14 They took therefore two chariot horse; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, 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.

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 barley 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 of fine flour for a shekel shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.

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. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were 19 And that lord answered the man of God, come to the uttermost part of the camp of Sy-and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should ria, behold, there was no man there. make windows in heaven, might such a thing 6 For the LORD had made the host of the be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. of horses, even the noise of a great host: and 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel people trode upon him in the gate, and he hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, died. and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon

49.

7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the

CHAP. VIII.

1 The Shunamite hath her land restored. 7 Hasael killeth his master, and succeedeth

Chap. viii, ix.

him. 16 Jehoram's wicked reign: 25 Aha-[king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat ziah succeedeth him. king of Judah began to reign.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah 11 And he settled his countenance steadfast-the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down ly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God to see Joram the son of "Ahab in Jezreel, bewept. cause he was sick.

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 wo-him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil men with child. in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:

Jehu killeth Joram.

II. KINGS.

Jezebel's death. Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee. [Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth O captain. the Jezreelite.

6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have Anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.

7 And thou shalt smite the house of Abab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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:

22 And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peare, Jehu? And he answered, What peace. so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Abaziah, There is treachery, O Abaziah.

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up and cast him in the portion of the 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like field of Naboth the Jezreelite for remember the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, how that, when I and thou rode together after and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahi-Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden jah:

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury And he opened the door and fled.

her.

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 man, and his communication.

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 anointed thee king over Israel.

13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.

14 So Jehu 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 bealed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

16 So Jebu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah 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 of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman 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.

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 chariot was made ready. And Jorm king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, cach in his chariot, and they went out against

upon him;

26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 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 him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

27 ¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, 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.

28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre 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 Judah.

30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.

33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

34 And wheu he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.

35 And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

CHAP. X

1 Jehu causeth seventy of Ahab's children to be
beheaded: 18 he destroyeth the worshippers
of Baal, 29 yet folloneth Jeroboam's sins.
in Samaria.

had

And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,