1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us. Compare verse1 commentary
2 Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go. Compare verse1 commentary
5 But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. Compare verse4 commentaries
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Compare verse4 commentaries
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. Compare verse
9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. Compare verse
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Compare verse
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? Compare verse
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber. Compare verse
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Compare verse
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. Compare verse
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? Compare verse
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. Compare verse5 commentaries
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD 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. Compare verse5 commentaries
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray you, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. Compare verse6 commentaries
19 And 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. But he led them to Samaria. Compare verse5 commentaries
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the middle of Samaria. Compare verse5 commentaries
21 And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? Compare verse5 commentaries
22 And he answered, You shall not smite them: would you smite 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. Compare verse5 commentaries
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. Compare verse6 commentaries
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. Compare verse2 commentaries
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. Compare verse2 commentaries
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. Compare verse2 commentaries
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the barn floor, or out of the wine press? Compare verse2 commentaries
28 And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. Compare verse2 commentaries
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son. Compare verse2 commentaries
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh. Compare verse2 commentaries
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. Compare verse2 commentaries
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere 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? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? Compare verse2 commentaries
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? Compare verse