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highlighted 2 Kings 7:17 ESV
Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:16 ESV
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:15 ESV
So they went after them as far as the Jordan, and behold, all the way was littered with garments and equipment that the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:14 ESV
So they took two horsemen, and the king sent them after the army of the Syrians, saying, "Go and see."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:13 ESV
And one of his servants said, "Let some men take five of the remaining horses, seeing that those who are left here will fare like the whole multitude of Israel who have already perished. Let us send and see."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:12 ESV
And the king rose in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.'"
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:11 ESV
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:10 ESV
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, "We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied and the donkeys tied and the tents as they were."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:9 ESV
Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:8 ESV
And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:7 ESV
So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:33 ESV
And while he was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him and said, "This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?"
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:32 ESV
Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Now the king had dispatched a man from his presence, but before the messenger arrived Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?"
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:31 ESV
and he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:30 ESV
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body—
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:29 ESV
So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, 'Give your son, that we may eat him.' But she has hidden her son."
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:27 ESV
And he said, "If the Lord will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 6:28 ESV
And the king asked her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:5 ESV
So they arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. But when they came to the edge of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no one there.
Jul 7
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highlighted 2 Kings 7:4 ESV
If we say, 'Let us enter the city,' the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die."
Jul 7