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2 Kings 7:2-4
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2 Kings 7:2-4
New International Version
2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning(A) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(B) of the heavens, could this happen?”
“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat(C) any of it!”
The Siege Lifted
3 Now there were four men with leprosy[a](D) at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 7:3 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verse 8.
2 Kings 7:2-4
New King James Version
2 Kings 7:2-4
New King James Version
2 (A)So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, (B)if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”
And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
The Syrians Flee
3 Now there were four leprous men (C)at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the (D)army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”
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