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And afterwards it happened that Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army and went up and laid siege to Samaria.

And there was a great famine in Samaria. And behold! They were laying siege to it until the head of an ass was at eighty silver pieces , and a fourth of a cab of dove's dung at five silver pieces .

And it happened, the king of Israel was passing by on the wall. And a woman cried to him, saying, Save, my lord, O king.

And he said, If Jehovah does not save you, from where shall I save you? Out of the threshing floor, or out of the winevat?

And the king said to her, What ails you? And she said, This woman said to me, Give your son and we will eat him today; and tomorrow we will eat my son.

And we boiled my son and ate him, and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him. But she hid her son.

And it happened when the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his garments. And he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked. And, behold, the sackcloth was inside on his flesh.

And he said, So may God do to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.

And Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from before him. Before the messenger came to him, even he himself said to the elders, Doyou see that this son of the murderer has sentto take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes in, shut the door, and you shall hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of the feetof his lord behind him?

While he was speaking with them, then, behold, the messenger came down to him. And he said, Behold, this is the evil from Jehovah. Why should I wait for Jehovah any more?