VII. 13.

B.C. about 892.
TEE COURTIER'’S SCEPTICISM. c, captain, or chief_of_ three.
t. the heavens.
THE Four LEPERS. 3. Ley.13. 46. @, anah- shim.
ca, camp.
THEY FIND THE CAMP OF SYRIA DESERTED.
z. ish.
A, Adonahy, Sovereign- Eord.
Ff. force.
7. Ps. 43, 4-6. |
Proy. 28. 1.
ae. accord- ing as. so. souls.
‘THEY TELL IT TO THE KING'S HOUSE- HOLD.
p. punish- ment.
a. ahdahm, ac. accord- ing as.
THE KING SENDS TO SEE.
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ELISHA'S PROPHECY FULFILLED. 16. v.1, 2. s. seahs.
THE COURTIER TRODDEN TO DEATH.
c. captain. a. according
as. a, ish.
t. the heavens,
Il. Kress VII. 14.
even as all the_multitude_of the Is- raélites that are_consumed :) and let_ us_send and see.”
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 xJordan ; and, lo, all the way was full_ of garments and vessels, which the Sy- rians 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. Soa smeasure_of fine_flour was sold for a shekel, and two_smeasures_of barley for a shekel, according_to the_word_of / the Lorp.
W 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_iman_of x=God had_said, who spake when the king came_down to him.
18 And it came_to_pass as the_iman_ of x=God had_spoken to the king, say- ing, “Two_s measures_of barley for a shekel, and a smeasure_of fine_flour for a shekel, shall_be to-morrow about this time in the_gate_of Samaria :”
12 And that clord answered -the_ é*man_of x=God, and said, “ Now, behold, if J the Lorp sshould_make windows in ¢x-heaven, might xsuch a xthing be?” And he said, “Behold, thou shalt_see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.”
1. Ch. 4. 35. 5. Jehovak.
@. ish.
SHE CRIES TO THE KING.
about 885.
f.field. 4. Ch. 5. 27.
5. Ch. 4. 35.
J. field.
e. eunueh,
20 And so it fell_out unto him: for the
peoee trode_upon him in the gate, and
e died.
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose «son he had-_restored_to_ life, saying, “-Arise, and -go thon and thine household, and -sojourn whereso- ever thou canst_sojourn: for 4 the Lorp -hath_called for a xfamine ; and it +shall also come upon the land seven years.”
2 And the woman arose, and did after the_saying_of the_‘ man_of x=God: and she went with her household, and so- journed in the_land_of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it came_to_pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned_ out of the_land_of the Philistines: and she went_forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her / land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the_servant_of the_‘ man_of x=God, say- ing, “-Tell me, I_pray_thee, -all the great_things that Elisha -hath_done.”
5 And it came_to_pass, as he was_tell- ing the king -how he had_restored a xdead_body to_life, that, behold, the woman, whose -son he had_restored_to_ life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “My -lord, O_king, this is the woman, and this 7s her son, whom Elisha re- stored_to_life.”
6 And when the king asked the wo- man, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain ¢ officer
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