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1. The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell before you is too strait for us.
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1. And the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 said H559 unto H413 Elisha H477 , Behold H2009 now H4994 , the place H4725 where H834 H8033 we H587 dwell H3427 with H6440 thee is too strait H6862 for H4480 us.
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2. Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. He answered, Go you .
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2. Let us go H1980 , we pray thee H4994 , unto H5704 Jordan H3383 , and take H3947 thence H4480 H8033 every man H376 a H259 beam H6982 , and let us make H6213 us a place H4725 there H8033 , where H8033 we may dwell H3427 . And he answered H559 , Go H1980 ye.
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3. One said, Be pleased, I pray you, to go with your servants. He answered, I will go.
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3. And one H259 said H559 , Be content H2974 , I pray thee H4994 , and go H1980 with H854 thy servants H5650 . And he answered H559 , I H589 will go H1980 .
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4. So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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4. So he went H1980 with H854 them . And when they came H935 to Jordan H3383 , they cut down H1504 wood H6086 .
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5. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
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5. But as one H259 was H1961 felling H5307 a beam H6982 , the axe head H1270 fell H5307 into H413 the water H4325 : and he cried H6817 , and said H559 , Alas H162 , master H113 ! for it H1931 was borrowed H7592 .
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6. The man of God said, Where fell it? He shown him the place. He cut down a stick, and cast it in there, and made the iron to swim.
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6. And the man H376 of God H430 said H559 , Where H575 fell H5307 it? And he showed H7200 him H853 the place H4725 . And he cut down H7094 a stick H6086 , and cast H7993 it in thither H8033 ; and the iron H1270 did swim H6687 .
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7. He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
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7. Therefore said H559 he , Take it up H7311 to thee . And he put out H7971 his hand H3027 , and took H3947 it.
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8. Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
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8. Then the king H4428 of Syria H758 warred H3898 against Israel H3478 , and took counsel H3289 with H413 his servants H5650 , saying H559 , In H413 such and such H6423 H492 a place H4725 shall be my camp H8466 .
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9. The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
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9. And the man H376 of God H430 sent H7971 unto H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , Beware H8104 that thou pass not H4480 H5674 such H2088 a place H4725 ; for H3588 thither H8033 the Syrians H758 are come down H5185 .
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10. The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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10. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 to H413 the place H4725 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 told H559 him and warned H2094 him of , and saved himself H8104 there H8033 , not H3808 once H259 nor H3808 twice H8147 .
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11. The heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
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11. Therefore the heart H3820 of the king H4428 of Syria H758 was sore troubled H5590 for H5921 this H2088 thing H1697 ; and he called H7121 H413 his servants H5650 , and said H559 unto H413 them , Will ye not H3808 show H5046 me which H4310 of H4480 H7495 us is for H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 ?
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12. One of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
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12. And one H259 of his servants H4480 H5650 said H559 , None H3808 , my lord H113 , O king H4428 : but H3588 Elisha H477 , the prophet H5030 that H834 is in Israel H3478 , telleth H5046 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 H853 the words H1697 that H834 thou speakest H1696 in thy bedchamber H2315 H4904 .
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13. He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him. It was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
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13. And he said H559 , Go H1980 and spy H7200 where H351 he H1931 is , that I may send H7971 and fetch H3947 him . And it was told H5046 him, saying H559 , Behold H2009 , he is in Dothan H1886 .
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14. Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
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14. Therefore sent H7971 he thither H8033 horses H5483 , and chariots H7393 , and a great H3515 host H2428 : and they came H935 by night H3915 , and compassed H5362 H5921 the city H5892 about.
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15. When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
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15. And when the servant H8334 of the man H376 of God H430 was risen H6965 early H7925 , and gone forth H3318 , behold H2009 , a host H2428 compassed H5437 H853 the city H5892 both with horses H5483 and chariots H7393 . And his servant H5288 said H559 unto H413 him, Alas H162 , my master H113 ! how H349 shall we do H6213 ?
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16. He answered, Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
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16. And he answered H559 , Fear H3372 not H408 : for H3588 they that H834 be with H854 us are more H7227 than they that H4480 H834 be with H854 them.
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17. Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes, that he may see. Yahweh 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.
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17. And Elisha H477 prayed H6419 , and said H559 , LORD H3068 , I pray thee H4994 , open H6491 H853 his eyes H5869 , that he may see H7200 . And the LORD H3068 opened H6491 H853 the eyes H5869 of the young man H5288 ; and he saw H7200 : and, behold H2009 , the mountain H2022 was full H4390 of horses H5483 and chariots H7393 of fire H784 round about H5439 Elisha H477 .
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18. When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, Please smite this people with blindness. He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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18. And when they came down H3381 to H413 him, Elisha H477 prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , Smite H5221 H853 this H2088 people H1471 , I pray thee H4994 , with blindness H5575 . And he smote H5221 them with blindness H5575 according to the word H1697 of Elisha H477 .
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19. Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. He led them to Samaria.
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19. And Elisha H477 said H559 unto H413 them, This H2088 is not H3808 the way H1870 , neither H3808 is this H2090 the city H5892 : follow H1980 H310 me , and I will bring H1980 you to H413 the man H376 whom H834 ye seek H1245 . But he led H1980 them to Samaria H8111 .
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20. It happened, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
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20. And it came to pass H1961 , when they were come H935 into Samaria H8111 , that Elisha H477 said H559 , LORD H3068 , open H6491 H853 the eyes H5869 of these H428 men , that they may see H7200 . And the LORD H3068 opened H6491 H853 their eyes H5869 , and they saw H7200 ; and, behold H2009 , they were in the midst H8432 of Samaria H8111 .
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21. The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?
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21. And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 Elisha H477 , when he saw H7200 them , My father H1 , shall I smite H5221 them ? shall I smite H5221 them ?
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22. He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
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22. And he answered H559 , Thou shalt not H3808 smite H5221 them : wouldest thou H859 smite H5221 those whom H834 thou hast taken captive H7617 with thy sword H2719 and with thy bow H7198 ? set H7760 bread H3899 and water H4325 before H6440 them , that they may eat H398 and drink H8354 , and go H1980 to H413 their master H113 .
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23. He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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23. And he prepared H3739 great H1419 provision H3740 for them : and when they had eaten H398 and drunk H8354 , he sent them away H7971 , and they went H1980 to H413 their master H113 . So the bands H1416 of Syria H758 came H935 no H3808 more H3254 H5750 into the land H776 of Israel H3478 .
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24. It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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24. And it came to pass H1961 after H310 this H3651 , that Ben H1130 -hadad king H4428 of Syria H758 gathered H6908 H853 all H3605 his host H4264 , and went up H5927 , and besieged H6696 H5921 Samaria H8111 .
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25. There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
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25. And there was H1961 a great H1419 famine H7458 in Samaria H8111 : and, behold H2009 , they besieged H6696 H5921 it, until H5704 an ass H2543 's head H7218 was H1961 sold for fourscore H8084 pieces of silver H3701 , and the fourth part H7255 of a cab H6894 of dove's dung H1686 for five H2568 pieces of silver H3701 .
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26. As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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26. And as the king H4428 of Israel H3478 was H1961 passing by H5674 upon H5921 the wall H2346 , there cried H6817 a woman H802 unto H413 him, saying H559 , Help H3467 , my lord H113 , O king H4428 .
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27. He said, If Yahweh doesn't help you, whence shall I help you? out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?
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27. And he said H559 , If the LORD H3068 do not H408 help H3467 thee, whence H4480 H370 shall I help H3467 thee? out of H4480 the barnfloor H1637 , or H176 out of H4480 the winepress H3342 ?
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28. The king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
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28. And the king H4428 said H559 unto her, What H4100 aileth thee? And she answered H559 , This H2063 woman H802 said H559 unto H413 me, Give H5414 H853 thy son H1121 , that we may eat H398 him today H3117 , and we will eat H398 my son H1121 tomorrow H4279 .
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29. So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hid her son.
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29. So we boiled H1310 H853 my son H1121 , and did eat H398 him : and I said H559 unto H413 her on the next H312 day H3117 , Give H5414 H853 thy son H1121 , that we may eat H398 him : and she hath hid H2244 H853 her son H1121 .
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30. It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
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30. And it came to pass H1961 , when the king H4428 heard H8085 H853 the words H1697 of the woman H802 , that he rent H7167 H853 his clothes H899 ; and he H1931 passed by H5674 upon H5921 the wall H2346 , and the people H5971 looked H7200 , and, behold H2009 , he had sackcloth H8242 within H4480 H1004 upon H5921 his flesh H1320 .
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31. Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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31. Then he said H559 , God H430 do H6213 so H3541 and more H3254 also H3541 to me, if H518 the head H7218 of Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 shall stand H5975 on H5921 him this day H3117 .
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32. But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him?
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32. But Elisha H477 sat H3427 in his house H1004 , and the elders H2205 sat H3427 with H854 him ; and the king sent H7971 a man H376 from before H4480 H6440 him : but ere H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to H413 him, he H1931 said H559 to H413 the elders H2205 , See H7200 ye how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 hath sent H7971 to take away H5493 H853 mine head H7218 ? look H7200 , when the messenger H4397 cometh H935 , shut H5462 the door H1817 , and hold him fast H3905 H853 at the door H1817 : is not H3808 the sound H6963 of his master H113 's feet H7272 behind H310 him?
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33. While he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Yahweh; why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?
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33. And while he yet H5750 talked H1696 with H5973 them, behold H2009 , the messenger H4397 came down H3381 unto H413 him : and he said H559 , Behold H2009 , this H2063 evil H7451 is of H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 ; what H4100 should I wait H3176 for the LORD H3068 any longer H5750 ?
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