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2 Kings 4 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisaie, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisaie said, What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou hast in the house. And she said, Thy servant has nothing in the house, except oil wherewith I [fn]anoint myself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - And thou shalt go in and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and thou shalt pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the vessels were filled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - And she said to her sons, Bring me yet a vessel. And they said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and thou shalt pay thy [fn]debts, and thou and thy sons shall live of the remaining oil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this is a holy man of God who comes over continually to us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall [fn]turn in thither.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - And he said to Giezi his servant, Call me this Somanite. And he called her, and she stood before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast [fn]taken all this trouble for us; what should I do for thee? Hast thou any [fn]request to make to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - And he called her, and she stood by the door.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And Elisaie said to her, At this time next year, as the season is, thou shalt be alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to thy servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father to the reapers,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - that he said to his father, My head, my head. And his father said to a servant, Carry him to his mother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God; and she shut the door upon him, and went out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - And she called her husband, and said, Send now for me one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will [fn]ride quickly to the man of God, and return.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon, nor the sabbath. And she said, [fn]It is well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed: spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell thee. Go, and thou shalt proceed, and come to the man of God to mount Carmel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - And she [fn]rode and came to the man of God to the mountain: and it came to pass when Elisaie saw her coming, that he said to Giezi his servant, See now, that Somanite comes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - Now run to meet her, and thou shalt say, Is it well with thee? [fn]is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? and she said, It is well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And she came to Elisaie to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Giezi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisaie said, Let her alone, for her soul is much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told it me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, [fn]Do not deal deceitfully with me?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - And Elisaie said to Giezi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not [fn]salute him, and if a man salute thee thou shalt not answer him: and thou shalt lay my staff on the child's face.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - And the mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And Elisaie arose, and went after her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Giezi went on before her, and laid his staff on the child's face: but there was neither voice nor any hearing. So he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - And Elisaie went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the two, and prayed to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - 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 bowed himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - And Elisaie cried out to Giezi, and said, Call this Somanite. So he called her, and she came in to him: and Elisaie said, Take thy son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance bowing to the ground; and she took her son, and went out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine was in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild [fn]gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew them not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And he poured it out for the men to eat: and it came to pass, when they were eating of the pottage, that lo! they cried out, and said, There is death in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - And he said, Take meal, and cast it into the pot. And Elisaie said to his servant Giezi, Pour out for the people, and let them eat. And there was no longer there any hurtful thing in the pot.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - And there came a man over from Bætharisa, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first-fruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - And his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? and he said, Give to the people, and let them eat; for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat and leave.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - And they ate and left, according to the word of the Lord.
BES Footnotes
Gr. shall anoint.
Gr. interest, pl.
Or, turn aside.
Gr. been astonished with all this astonishment.
Gr. word or business.
Gr. run.
Gr. peace.
Gr. went.
Gr. peace.
Gr. Thou shalt not.
Gr. bless.
Gr. sing. colosynth.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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