19 And Elisha said n unto them, o Lu.24.16, This is not the way, neither is this 31. Elisha prophesieth of plenty. we may eat him: and u she hath hid her son. 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent v 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 w 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 r the elders sat with him; and the city: 6 follow me, and I will p Pr.25.21,22, the king sent a man from before 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 o eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? Ro. 12.20. q ch.5.2. 24.2. Jer.52.6. r Lev.26.26. Eze.4.16. or, Let not. the LORD save thee. & Ps. 127.1. 146.3,5. Jer. 17.5. t Lev.26.29. De.28.5357. Is.49.15. 8 other. Eze.8.1. 20.1. y 1Ki.14.6. 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 p and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provi-u 1Ki.3.26. sion for them: and when they had v Ki.21.27. eaten and drunk, he sent them w 1Ki. 19.2. away, and they went to their master. So the bands q of Syria came LO more into the land of Israel. 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famineb Ps.37.7,9. in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged r it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's 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, 7 If the LORD s do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press? z 1Ki. 18. 13, a Job 1.21. 14. (CHAP. 7.) a ver. 18,19. which be longed to the king, leaning upon his hand, ch.5.18. b Ge.7.11. Mal.3.10. c ver. 17,20. 28 And the king said unto her, d Lev.13.46. What aileth thee? And she an-e Es.4.16. swered, This woman said unto me, Lu. 15.17, Give thy son, t that we may eat hum to-day, and we will eat my son f ch.19.7. to-morrow. 18. 2S3.5.24. Job 15.21. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on g ch.3.22,&c. the next day, Give thy son that him: but y ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer z 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 a is of the LORD; what b should I wait for the LORD any longer? CHAPTER VII. Elisha propesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. THEN THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow, a 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, 1 on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make b windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but c shalt not eat thereof. men at the entering in of the gate: d 3 And there were four leprous 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 also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians; ife 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 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 noise f of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the Tents of the Syrians spoiled. king of Israel hath hired against us the kings h of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose i 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 went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 2 KINGS, VI. A lord trodden to death. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to h 1Ki. 10.29. the word o of the LORD. i Ps. 14.5. 48.4-6. 68.12. Pr.21.1. k Lev. 19.18. Es.4.14. 2 we shall nishment. 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,p who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass q 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 Sa maria: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, 9 Then they said one to another, We k do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our m 2Sa. 18.26. if the LORD should make windows peace: If we tarry till the morning-light, 2 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 m 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, but horses tied, and 3 in it. n Ps.68.12. asses tied, and the tents as they o ver. 1. city we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. (CHAP. 8.) in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt r not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The Shunammite, for Elisha's miracle's sake, hath her land restored by the king. 16 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah. HEN spake Elisha unto the restored to life,) saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household,' and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn for the LORD hath called b for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven c years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman re 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I a ch.4.18,&c. turned out of the land of the Philis tines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi d the servant of the man of God, saying, Telle me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath d ch.5.20,27. done. e Mat.2.8. f ch.4.35. 1 or, eunuch. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life,f that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, my lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain offi 7 And Elisha came to Damas-i cus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. h 1Ki. 14.3. A 1Ki.22.15. 12.17. Ahaziah's wicked reign. sake, as he promised y him to give him alway a 5 light, and to his children. 20 In his days Edom revolted z from under the hand of Judah, and made a king a over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair. and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him riots: and the people fled into their tents. 22 Yet b Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah c revolted at the same time. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, 3 and set it. 9 Take a present h in thine hand, m Lu. 19.41.about, and the captains of the chaand go, meet the man of God, and n ch. 10.32. inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present 2 with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Svria hath q 1Sa. 17.43. sent me to thee, saying, Shall I re-r 1Ki., 19.15. cover of this disease? 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest k certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.l 11 And he settled his countenance 3 stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.m o Ps. 137.8,9. p Ho. 13.16. s ver. 10. Mi.2.1. u 2Ch.21.5, 4 reigned. 53. w ver.26. Ho. 11.9. 1Ki.11.36. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil n that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: y 2Sa.7.13. their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and o wilt dash their children, and rip upp their women with child. 13 And Hazael said. But what! is thy servant a dog. q that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed mer that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest s surely recover. 15.4. Ps. 132.17. 5 candle, or, lamp. 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? 21 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and 6 Ahaziah his d son reigned in his stead. 25 In the twelfth year of Joram, the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the 7 daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the sonin-law of the house of Ahab. z Ge.27.40. 28 T And e he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. d &c. or, grand- 8 wherewith 15 And it came to pass on the t morrow, that he took a thick cloth,! and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. 16 And in the fifth year of Jo-e ram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram, u the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah 4 began to reign. 9 called 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way v of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab for thew daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. CHAPTER IX. Elisha sendeth a young prophet with instructions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead. Ramoth,AND Elisha the a prophet called ver.28. one of the children of the prof ch.9.16. phets, and said unto him, Gird b up 10 wounded. thy loins, and take this box of oil (CHAP. 9.) in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: c a 1Ki.20.35. b ch.4.29. Jer. 1.17. 19 Yet r the LORD would not de-c ch.8.25. stroy Judah for David his servant's, 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from Jehu made king. among d his brethren, and carry him to an 1 inner chamber; 3 Then e take the box of oil, fand pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. 2 KINGS, IX. d ver.5,11. 1 chamber in a cham ber. e 1Ki.19.16. f 1Sam. 10. 1. g 2Ch. 22.7. h Ps.75.6. Dan.2.21. 4.17.32. 5.20,21. i Lu. 18.7.8. Re.6.9, 10. k Iki. 18.4. 21.15.21. 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus g saith the LORD God of Israel, IhIKI.14.10. have anointed thee king over the m De.32.36. people of the LORD, even over Israel. n Ki. 15.29. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge i the blood of my servants k 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 m and left in Israel. o 1Ki. 16.5, 11. P ver 35,36. IKI.21.23. q Jer.29.26. Ho.9.7. Jno. 10.20. Acts 26.24. 1Cor.4.10. r ver.6. s Mat.21.7. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboamnt 2Sam. 15.10. the son of Nebat, and like the house 2 reigneth. of Baasha o the son of Ahijah: 10 And p the dogs shall eat Jeze- 3 Jehoram. bel in the portion of Jezreel, and u ch.8.25,29. there shall be none to bury her. And 4 smote. he opened the door, and fled. 5 let no escaper go. Is.21.6.&c. 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? Wherefore came this mad q fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know v 2Sa. 18.24. the man, and his communication. 12 And they said, It is false; tell w 1Sa. 16.4. us now. And he said, Thus r and 17.22. thus spake he to me, saying, Thus IKI.2.13. saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 6 or, marching. 13 Then they hasted, and took in madness. every man his garment, s and put x Hab. 1.6. it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew t with trumpets, 9 found. saying, Jehu 2 is king. 8 Bind. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehosha- y Is.48.22. phat the son of Nimshi conspired 2 Re.2.20-23. against Joram. (Now Joram had 10 filled his kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all hand with Israel, because of Hazael king of a bows. Syria. 11 bowed. a 1Ki.21.29. 12 bloods. b 1K .21.19. Jehu killeth Jehoram. none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 16 So Jehu 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 v 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? w 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 6 driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth 7 furiously. x 21 And Joram said, 8 Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel, and Ahaziah king of Judah, went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and 9 met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What y peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebelz and her witchcrafts are so many? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah! 24 And Jehu 10 drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he 11 sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; a 25 Surely I have seen yesterday 12the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and b I will requite thee in this 13 plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into 15 But king 3 Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians 4 had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu 13 or, portion. the plat of ground, according to said, If it be your minds, then 5 let the word of the LORD. Ahaziah slain. 27 But when Ahaziah tne 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, c and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and bured him in his sepulcare with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And d 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 shel 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 e 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 15 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. 2 KINGS, X. B. C. 881. c Jos. 17.11. Ju. 1.27. 2Ch.22.9. d ch.8.25. 2Ch.22.1,2. 14 put her eyes in painting Eze.23.40. e 1Ki. 16.9-20.. 15 or, chamberlains. f 1Ki.16.31. g Ec.6.3. Is. 14. 18-20. Jer.22.19. 36.30. 16 by the hand of. i h 1Ki.21.23. Ps. 83.10. (CHAP. 10.) nourishers. a ch.9.24,27. 34 And when 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,fb 1Ki.20.4, 35 And they went to bury her: but g they found no more of her 2 for me. than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 32. c 1Ki.21.21. 11. 36 Wherefore they came again, d Ju.9.5,&c. and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he e Mat. 14.8, spake 16 by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, h In the portion of f ch.9.14,24. Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of g 1Sam.3.19. Jezebel : Je. 44.28, 29. 37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung i upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. h 1Ki.21.19, &c. Ahaziah's brethren slain. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two a kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We bare thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be 2 mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.) 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew c seventy d persons, and put their heads e in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the leads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, 1 conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10 Know now that there shall fall g unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake h concerning the house of Ahab for the LORD hath done that which he spake 3 by his servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his 4 3 by the hand kinsfolks i and his priests, until k of. he left him none remaining. 12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the 5 shearing-house in the way, acquaint ance. Ps. 125.5. Pr. 13.20. k1Ki. 14.10. the peace of. 3 Look even out the best and meet-1 1Ki.20.18. est of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and m 2Ch.22.8. fight for your master's house. 13 Jehu 6 met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye! And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to 7 salute the children of the king, and the children of the queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive.l And they m took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. 15 And when he was departed |