Naaman, sent to Samaria, gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for 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. g And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that| they may eat. And there was no 12 harm in the pot.

42 And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, h and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn 13 in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

2 KINGS, V.

B. C. 895.

g ch.2.21. Ex. 15.25. Juo.9.6.

12 evil thing. h 1Sa.9.4,7.

43 And his servitor said, What, k should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the peo-3 ple, 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. CHAPTER V.

Naaman is sent to Samaria to be

cured of his leprosy.

i 1Cor.9. 11. Gal.6.6.

13 or, in his

scrip, or,
garment.

k Lu.9.17.
Jno.6.11-
13.
I Mat.14.20.
15.37.

(CHAP. 5.)
a Luke 4.27.
1 before.
2 lifted up,
or, accept-

ed in countenance, or, gracious.

or, victory. was before. before.

6 gather in. b ch.8.8,9.

1Sam.9.8. in his hand.

c Is.37.14.

Now Syria, was e De.32.39.

OW Naaman, a captain of the d Ge.30.2.

a great man 1 with his master, and ISam.2.6. 2 honourable, because by him the f 1Ki.20.7. LORD had given 3 deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour; but he was a leper.

Lu. 11.54. g 1Ki. 18.36,

37.

Eze.2.5. 33.33.

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought h Jno.9.7. away captive out of the land of Is- i Jos.6.4-16. rael a little maid; and she 4 waited 8 on Naaman's wife.

3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were 5 with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would 6 recover him of his leprosy.

said. or,

said with myself. Jno.4.48. 9 move up and down. 10or, Amana. 7 ch.2.12. Ge.41.43.

m 1Cor.1.21,

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, Gon to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And b he departed, and took 7 with him ten o Job 33.25. talents of silver, and six thousand p Lu.4.27. pieces of gold, and ten changes of 9 Dan.2.47.

raiment.

14.8.

3.29. 6.26,27. r Ge.33.11. s ch.3.14.

t Ge.14.23.

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 c the u king of Israel had read the letter,

Mat. 10.8. Acts 20.3335.

1Th. 1.9.

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 g 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.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash h in Jordan seven i times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I 8 thought, Hek will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and 9 strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12 Are not 10 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 unto him, and said, Myl father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how m much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Then n 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 o unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. p

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 q that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, pray thee, take a blessing r of thy servant.

16 But he said, As s the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.t And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

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

A famine in Samaria.

ch.2.11. Ps.34.7. 68.17. Zec. 1.8.

6.1-7. Rev.19.11,

14.

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. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray m Ge.19.11. thee, with blindness. And he n 2Sa, 16. 18. smote them with m blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said n unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: 6 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 o eyes, or, Let not 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?

come ye after me. o Lu.24.16,

31.

p Pr.25.21.22,

Ro. 12.20. q ch.5.2. 24.2. r Lev.26.26. Jer.52.6. Eze.4.16.

the LORD

save thee. s Ps. 127.1.

146.3,5. Jer. 17.5.

t Lev.26.29. De.28.5357. Is.49.15.

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with 8 other. 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 1Ki.21.27. eaten and drunk, he sent them w 1Ki. 19.2. away, and they went to their mas-x Eze.8.1. ter. So the bands q of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

20.1. y 1Ki.14.6.

z 1Ki. 18. 13, 14.

a Job 1.21.

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?

(CHAP. 7.) a ver. 18,19. which belonged 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 him to-day, and we will eat my son

to-morrow.

f

ch. 19.7.

18.

2Sa.5.24.

29 So we boiled my son, and did Job 15.21. eat him and I said unto her on g ch.3.22,&c. the next day, Give thy son that

Elisha prophesieth of plenty. Iwe may eat him: and u she hath hid her son.

30 T 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 x the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before 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.

HEN Elisha said, Hear ye the Tword 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.

3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: d 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 g 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.

9 Then they said one to another, We k do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our 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.

2 KINGS, VI. B. C. 892.

i Ps. 14.5. 48.4-6.

68.12. Pr.21.1.

k Lev. 19.18. Pr.11.26.

Z Es.4.14.

2 we shall find pu

nishment.

m 2Sa.18.26.

3 in it.

n Ps.68.12. Is.33.1,4, 23.

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 asses tied, and the tents as they o ver. 1.

12 T And the king arose in the 9 Ge. 18.14. night, and said unto his servants, I will now show 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, saying, When they come out of the city we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

Nu.20.12. Je.17.5,6. Heb.3.19.

(CHAP. 8.)

b Ps. 105.16. Hag.1.11.

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

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

tines and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

see.

14 They took therefore two chariot horses; 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 n spoiled the tents of the Syrians.

c Gen.41.27.

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

e Mat.2.8. Lu.9.9. 23.8. Jno.9.27.

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, that, be hold, 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 1 offi