⁷ Then Saul said to his servant, “But if we go, ^(A)what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”

⁸ the king said to ^(A)Hazael, ^(B)“Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, ^(C)and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”

^3 (A)Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child.”

⁴² A man came from ^(A)Baal-shalishah, ^(B)bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, ^(C)“Give to the men, that they may eat.”

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¹⁵ Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that ^(A)there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so ^(B)accept now a present from your servant.”

⁵ And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he went, ^(A)taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels^[a] of gold, and ten ^(B)changes of clothing.

¹⁵ Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and ^(A)prepare a young goat for you.” ¹⁶ And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.) ¹⁷ And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, ^(B)“What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?”

¹⁸ Please ^(A)do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.”