^2 (A)The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning responded to the man of God and said, “^(B)Even if the Lord were to make ^[a]windows in heaven, could this thing happen?” Then he said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat ^[b]any of it.”

¹⁷ Now the king appointed ^(A)the royal officer on whose hand he leaned ^[a]to be in charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had said, ^(B)who spoke when the king came down to him.