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Then she put a seat on a donkey and said to her servant, "Drive on. Do not slow down for me unless I tell you."

When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said, "Let her alone. For her soul is troubled within her. The Lord has hidden it from me. He has not told me."

Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not lie to me'?"

When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was no food in the land. The sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future were sitting in front of him. Elisha said to his servant, "Put the large pot over the fire and make food ready for the sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future."

Then they poured it out for the men to eat. As they were eating the food, they cried out, "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" And they could not eat it.

But he said, "Get some grain." And he threw it into the pot, and said, "Pour it out for the people to eat." Then there was no danger in the pot.

But his servant said, "What? Should I put this in front of 100 men?" But Elisha said, "Give them to the people to eat. For the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left.'"

Naaman said, "If not, I ask you, let your servant be given as much dirt as two horses can carry. For your servant will not give burnt gifts or kill animals on the altar in worship to other gods any more. I will only give gifts to the Lord.

But may the Lord forgive your servant for this. My king goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there. He rests on my arm and I put my face to the ground in the house of Rimmon. When I put my face to the ground in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant."

Now the sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future said to Elisha, "See, the place where we are living under your care is too small for us.

Let us go to the Jordan and each of us cut down a tree there. And let us make a place for us to live there." So Elisha said, "Go."

The man of God sent news to the king of Israel, saying, "Be careful that you do not pass this place. For the Syrians are coming down there."

He answered, "Do not be afraid. For those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way. This is not the city. Follow me and I will bring you to the man you are looking for." And he brought them to Samaria.

So he made a big supper for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away. And they went to their owner. The Syrians sent no more small groups of soldiers into the land of Israel.

There was a time of no food in Samaria. The Syrian army gathered around it, until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver. A half cup of dove's waste sold for five pieces of silver.

While he was still talking with them, the king came down to him and said, "See, this trouble is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?"

Then Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the Lord. The Lord says, ‘Tomorrow about this time, a basket of fine flour will be sold for one piece of silver in the gate of Samaria. And two baskets of barley will be sold for a piece of silver.'"

For the Lord had made the Syrian army hear a sound of war-wagons and horses and an army of many soldiers. So they said to one another, "The king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to fight against us."

And they ran away in the evening. They left their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left everything just as it was, and ran for their lives.