2 Kings 6:24-33

2 Kings 6:24-33

[24] And it came to pass after this,  that Benhadad  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 an ass's  head  was sold for fourscore  pieces of silver,  and the fourth part  of a cab  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 barnfloor,  or out of the winepress?  [28] And the king  said  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.  [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.  [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  [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?