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Whereupon one of his courtiers told him, Nay, my lord king, it is the Israelite prophet, Eliseus, that discloses to him the secrets of thy council-chamber. (2 Kings 6, 12)
Why then, the king said, go and find out where he is, so that I can send and take him prisoner. And when news came that Eliseus was in Dothain, (2 Kings 6, 13)
and the king of Israel, upon sight of them, asked Eliseus, My father, shall I strike them down? (2 Kings 6, 21)
Some time after this, Benadad, king of Syria, mustered all his forces, and went to the siege of Samaria. (2 Kings 6, 24)
And one day, as the king was making the round of the battlements, a woman cried out to him, Help me, my lord king! (2 Kings 6, 26)
Upon hearing this tale, the king tore his garments across; and as he made his way along the battlements the people, one and all, could see how his shirt underneath was of sackcloth. (2 Kings 6, 30)
Even as he spoke to them thus, in came the messenger that had set out to find him. And this was the king’s word, See what ruin the Lord has brought on me! Folly it were to expect relief from the Lord any longer.✻ (2 Kings 6, 33)
The king had one of his lords with him, to support him with his arm as he went; and this man mocked at the prophet’s words. Perhaps the Lord means to open the flood-gates of heaven, said he; then it might be as thou sayest. And Eliseus answered, The sight of it thou shalt have, but not the eating of it. (2 Kings 7, 2)
That night, the Lord had made a noise heard in the camp of Syria like the stir of chariots and horses, and a great host of men; and the word went round, The Hethite chiefs, the Egyptians are upon us! The king of Israel has hired them to attack us! (2 Kings 7, 6)
Then one said to another, This is ill done; we are bearers of good news to-day. If we keep it secret, and wait till morning to spread it, that were shame to us. Back go we, and tell our tale in the king’s court. (2 Kings 7, 9)
the porters went off to the king’s palace, and there spread the story about. (2 Kings 7, 11)
The king himself rose, and held a midnight council. This is the trick, said he, the Syrians are playing us; they know we are hard put to it by famine, and they think to lure us out by leaving their camp and hiding in the open country; so they hope to capture us alive, and make their way into the city. (2 Kings 7, 12)
