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2 Kings - ch 6 v 1 - 20
- And the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
- Let us go as far as the Jordan and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.
- And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.
- So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan they cut down wood.
- And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the axe fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed.
- And the man of God said: Where did it fall? and he shewed him the place. Then he cut off a piece of wood, and cast it in thither: and the iron swam.
- And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand and took it.
- And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place let us lay ambushes.
- And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying: Beware that thou pass not to such a place: for the Syrians are there in ambush.
- And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.
- And the heart of the king of Syria was troubled for this thing. And calling together his servants, he said: Why do you not tell me who it is that betrays me to the king of Israel?
- And one of his servants said: No one, my lord O king: but Eliseus the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.
- And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send, and take him. And they told him, saying: Behold he is in Dothan.
- Therefore he sent thither horses and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.
- And the servant of the man of God rising early, went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?
- But he answered: Fear not: for there are more with us than with them.
- And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold the mountain was full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus.
- And the enemies came down to him, but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness. And the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.
- And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.
- And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw themselves to be in the midst of Samaria.
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