2 Kings 7:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

Elisha Promises Food

7 Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord, ‘^(A)Tomorrow about this time a ^[a]measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’” ^2 (B)The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, ^(C)if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat ^[b]of it.”

Four Lepers Relate Arameans’ Flight

³ Now there were four ^(D)leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?