Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet5
2 Kings · Chapter 5
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour,
but he was a leper.
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Yisra'el a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
And she said unto her mistress, Would Elohim my lord
were with the navi that
is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
And
one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that
is of the land of Yisra'el.
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Yisra'el. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand
pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
And he brought the letter to the king of Yisra'el, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have
therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
And it came to pass, when the king of Yisra'el had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said,
Am I Elohim, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
And it was
so, when Elisha the man of Elohim had heard that the king of Yisra'el had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a navi in Yisra'el.
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Yarden seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Yisra'el? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father,
if the navi had bid thee
do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done
it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Yarden, according to the saying of the man of Elohim: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
And he returned to the man of Elohim, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that
there is
no Elohim in all earth, but in Yisra'el: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
But he said,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take
it; but he refused.
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
In this thing 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) pardon thy servant,
that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) pardon thy servant in this thing.
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of Elohim, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but,
as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw
him
running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said,
Is all well?
And he said, All
is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the nevi'im: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid
them upon two of his servants; and they bare
them
before him.
And when he came to the tower, he took
them from their hand, and bestowed
them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence
comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart
with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee?
Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper
as white
as snow.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet6
2 Kings · Chapter 6
And the sons of the nevi'im said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Yarden, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
So he went with them. And when they came to Yarden, they cut down wood.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
And the man of Elohim said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast
it in thither; and the iron did swim.
Therefore said he, Take
it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
Then the king of Syria warred against Yisra'el, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place
shall be my camp.
And the man of Elohim sent unto the king of Yisra'el, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
And the king of Yisra'el sent to the place which the man of Elohim told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us
is for the king of Yisra'el?
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the navi that
is in Yisra'el, telleth the king of Yisra'el the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
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.
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
And when the servant of the man of Elohim was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
And he answered, Fear not: for they that
be with us
are more than they that
be with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
And Elisha said unto them, This
is not the way, neither
is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), open the eyes of these
men, that they may see. And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold,
they were in the midst of Samaria.
And the king of Yisra'el said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite
them? shall I smite
them?
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite
them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
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 Yisra'el.
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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.
And as the king of Yisra'el was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
And he said, If 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold,
he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Then he said, Elohim do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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 ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door:
is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil
is of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); what should I wait for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) any longer?
Nevi'im
Melakhim Bet7
2 Kings · Chapter 7
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), To morrow about this time
shall a measure of fine flour
be sold
for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of Elohim, and said, Behold,
if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) would make windows in shamayim, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see
it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine
is
in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold,
there was no man there.
For the master had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses,
even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Yisra'el hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it
was, and fled for their life.
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid
it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence
also, and went and hid
it.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day
is
a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold,
there was
no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they
were.
And he called the porters; and they told
it to the king’s house within.
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we
be
hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let
some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they
are as all the multitude of Yisra'el that are left in it: behold,
I say, they
are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
And they went after them unto Yarden: and, lo, all the way
was
full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was
sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
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 man of Elohim had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
And it came to pass as the man of Elohim had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
And that lord answered the man of Elohim, and said, Now, behold,
if 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) should make windows in shamayim, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.