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. [a lord...: Heb. a lord which belonged to the king leaning upon his hand]
			3	And there were four leprous# men 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# also. Now therefore come# , and let us fall# unto the host of the Syrians: if 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 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# upon us.
			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 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 do# not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace# : if we tarry# till the morning light, some mischief will come# upon us: now therefore come# , that we may go# and tell# the king's household. [some...: Heb. we shall find punishment]
			10	So they came# and called# unto the porter 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 were .
			11	And he called# the porters; and they told# it to the king's house within.
			12	And the king arose# in the night, and said# unto his servants, I will now shew# 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.
			13	And one of his servants answered# and said# , Let some take# , I pray thee, five of the horses that remain# , which are left# in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left# in it: behold, I say , they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed# :) and let us send# and see# . [in the city: Heb. in it]
			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 spoiled# the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
			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# , who spake# when the king came down# to him.
			18	And it came to pass 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 Samaria:
			19	And that lord answered# the man of God, and said# , Now, behold, if the LORD should make# windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said# , Behold, thou shalt see# it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat# thereof.
			20	And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode# upon him in the gate, and he died# .