2 Kings 7 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Elisha Promises Food

Then Elisha^H477 said^H559, “Listen^H8085 to the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068; this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: ‘About this time^H6256 tomorrow^H4279 a [fn]measure^H5429 of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 will be sold for a shekel^H8255, and two measures^H5429 of barley^H8184 for a shekel^H8255, at the gate^H8179 of Samaria^H8111.’”

2Ki 7:2

2Ki 7:2The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning responded to the man of God and said, “Even if the LORD were to make [fn]windows in heaven, could this thing happen?” Then he said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat [fn]any of it.”

Four Men with Leprosy Report Arameans’ Flight

2Ki 7:3

Now there were four^H702 leprous^H6879 men^H376 at the entrance^H6607 of the gate^H8179; and they said^H559 to one^H376 another^H7453, “Why^H4100 are we sitting^H3427 here^H6311 until^H5704 we die^H4191?

2Ki 7:4

2Ki 7:4“If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; but if we sit here, we will also die. Now then come, and let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, then we will die.”

2Ki 7:5

2Ki 7:5So they got up at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there.

2Ki 7:6

2Ki 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Arameans hear a sound of chariots, a sound of horses, that is, the sound of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians against us, to [fn]attack us!”

2Ki 7:7

2Ki 7:7So they got up and fled at twilight, and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—indeed the camp itself, just as it was; and they fled for their lives.

2Ki 7:8

2Ki 7:8When these men with leprosy came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver, gold, and clothes, and they went and hid them; then they returned and entered another tent, and carried valuables from there also, and went and hid them.

2Ki 7:9

Then they said^H559 to one^H376 another^H7453, “We are not doing^H6213 the right^H3651 thing. This^H2088 day^H3117 is a day^H3117 of good^H1309 news^H1309, but we are keeping^H2814 silent^H2814 about it; if we wait^H2442 until^H5704 the morning^H1242 light^H216, punishment^H5771 will [fn]overtake^H4672 us. Now^H6258 then come^H1980, let’s go^H935 and inform^H5046 the king’s^H4428 household^H1004.”

2Ki 7:10

2Ki 7:10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor a human voice; only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

2Ki 7:11

2Ki 7:11And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king’s house.

2Ki 7:12

2Ki 7:12Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; so they have left the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’”

2Ki 7:13

2Ki 7:13One of his servants responded and said, “Please, have some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left [fn]in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send them and see.”

2Ki 7:14

2Ki 7:14Therefore they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”

The Promise Fulfilled

2Ki 7:15

2Ki 7:15They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away when they fled in a hurry. Then the messengers returned and informed the king.

2Ki 7:16

So the people^H5971 went^H3318 out^H3318 and plundered^H962 the camp^H4264 of the Arameans^H758. Then a [fn]measure^H5429 of fine^H5560 flour^H5560 was sold for a shekel^H8255, and two [fn]measures^H5429 of barley^H8184 for a shekel^H8255, in accordance with the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068.

2Ki 7:17

2Ki 7:17Now the king appointed the royal officer on whose hand he leaned [fn]to be in charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

2Ki 7:18

2Ki 7:18So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two [fn]measures of barley for a shekel and a [fn]measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.”

2Ki 7:19

2Ki 7:19At that time the royal officer had responded to the man of God and said, “Now even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could such a thing as this happen?” And he had said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat [fn]any of it.”

2Ki 7:20

2Ki 7:20And this is what happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.

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NASB20 Footnotes

Heb seah

Or hatches

Lit from there

Lit come against

Lit find

Lit in it

Heb seah

Heb seah

Lit over the gate

Heb seahs

Heb seahs

Lit from there

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2 Kings 7 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Elisha Promises Food

Four Men with Leprosy Report Arameans’ Flight

The Promise Fulfilled

NASB20 Footnotes

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