2 Kings 7:1-9

2 Kings 7:1-9

[1] Then Elisha  said,  Hear  ye the word  of the LORD;  Thus saith  the LORD,  To morrow  about this time  shall a measure  of fine flour  be sold for a shekel,  and two measures  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. [3] And there were four  leprous  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  and let us fall  unto the host  of the Syrians:  if they save us alive,  and if they kill  [5] And they rose 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  [6] For the Lord  had made the host  of the Syrians  to hear  a noise  of chariots,  and a noise  of horses,  even the noise  of a great  host:  and they said  one  to another,  Lo, the king  of Israel  hath hired  against us the kings  of the Hittites,  and the kings  of the Egyptians,  to come  [7] Wherefore they arose  and fled  in the 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 hid  it; and came again,  and entered  into another  tent,  and carried  and hid  [9] Then they said  one  to another,  We do  not well: this day  of good tidings,  and we hold our peace:  if we tarry  till the morning  light,  some mischief  will come  that we may go  and tell  the king's  household.