2 Kings 7

1 Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy (ten pounds/five kg.) of fine wheat or (20 pounds/ten kg.) of barley for [only] one piece of silver.’”

and to say Elisha to hear: hear word LORD thus to say LORD like/as time tomorrow seah fine flour in/on/with shekel and seah barley in/on/with shekel in/on/with gate Samaria

2 The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky [and send grain down to us], that certainly could not [RHQ] happen!” Elisha replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”

and to answer [the] officer which to/for king to lean upon hand his [obj] man [the] God and to say behold LORD to make window in/on/with heaven to be [the] word: thing [the] this and to say look! you to see: see in/on/with eye your and from there not to eat

3 That day there were four men who had (leprosy/a dreaded skin disease) who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria [city. They said to each other, “(Why should we] wait here until we die?/[It is ridiculous for us to] wait here until we die.) [RHQ]

and four human to be be leprous entrance [the] gate and to say man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his what? we to dwell here till to die

4 If we go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die.”

if to say to come (in): come [the] city and [the] famine in/on/with city and to die there and if to dwell here and to die and now to go: come! and to fall: fall to(wards) camp Syria if to live us to live and if to die us and to die

5 So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there!

and to arise: rise in/on/with twilight to/for to come (in): come to(wards) camp Syria and to come (in): come till end camp Syria and behold nothing there man: anyone

6 What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group [and their armies], and they have come to attack us!”

and Lord to hear: hear [obj] camp Syria voice: sound chariot voice: sound horse voice: sound strength: soldiers great: large and to say man: anyone to(wards) brother: compatriot his behold to hire upon us king Israel [obj] king [the] Hittite and [obj] king Egypt to/for to come (in): come upon us

7 So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because [they were afraid that] they would be killed [if they stayed there].

and to arise: rise and to flee in/on/with twilight and to leave: forsake [obj] tent their and [obj] horse their and [obj] donkey their [the] camp like/as as which he/she/it and to flee to(wards) soul: life their

8 When those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, [and saw all the things that had been left there]. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went [outside the tent] and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.

and to come (in): come [the] be leprous [the] these till end [the] camp and to come (in): come to(wards) tent one and to eat and to drink and to lift: bear from there silver: money and gold and garment and to go: went and to hide and to return: return and to come (in): come to(wards) tent another and to lift: bear from there and to go: went and to hide

9 But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news [to tell others] today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished [by Yahweh]. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!”

and to say man: anyone to(wards) neighbor his not right we to make: do [the] day: today [the] this day: today good news he/she/it and we be silent and to wait till light [the] morning and to find us iniquity: punishment and now to go: come! and to come (in): come and to tell house: household [the] king

10 So they went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!”

and to come (in): come and to call: call to to(wards) gatekeeper [the] city and to tell to/for them to/for to say to come (in): come to(wards) camp Syria and behold nothing there man: anyone and voice: listen man that if: except if: except [the] horse to bind and [the] donkey to bind and tent like/as as which they(masc.)

11 The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.

and to call: call to [the] gatekeeper and to tell house: household [the] king within

12 [When] the king [heard it, he] got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city [to find some food], and then they will capture us and capture the city.”

and to arise: rise [the] king night and to say to(wards) servant/slave his to tell please to/for you [obj] which to make: do to/for us Syria to know for hungry we and to come out: come from [the] camp to/for to hide (in/on/with land: country *Q(K)*) to/for to say for to come out: come from [the] city and to capture them alive and to(wards) [the] city to come (in): come

13 But one of his officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died [from (hunger/not having anything to eat]). If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see [what has really happened].”

and to answer one from servant/slave his and to say and to take: take please five from [the] horse [the] to remain which to remain in/on/with her behold they like/as all (crowd *Q(K)*) Israel which to remain in/on/with her look! they like/as all crowd Israel which to finish and to send: depart and to see: see

14 So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria.

and to take: take two chariot horse and to send: depart [the] king after camp Syria to/for to say to go: went and to see: see

15 They went as far as the Jordan [River]. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported [what they had seen].

and to go: follow after them till [the] Jordan and behold all [the] way: road full garment and article/utensil which to throw Syria (in/on/with to hurry they *Q(K)*) and to return: return [the] messenger and to tell to/for king

16 Then many of the people of Samaria also went [out of the city and went] to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. [So there was now plenty of everything!] As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!

and to come out: come [the] people and to plunder [obj] camp Syria and to be seah fine flour in/on/with shekel and seah barley in/on/with shekel like/as word LORD

17 The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people [who were rushing outside the city] trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king.

and [the] king to reckon: overseer [obj] [the] officer which to lean upon hand: power his upon [the] gate and to trample him [the] people in/on/with gate and to die like/as as which to speak: speak man [the] God which to speak: speak in/on/with to go down [the] king to(wards) him

18 Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.

and to be like/as to speak: speak man [the] God to(wards) [the] king to/for to say seah barley in/on/with shekel and seah fine flour in/on/with shekel to be like/as time tomorrow in/on/with gate Samaria

19 And the officer had answered, “That certainly cannot [RHQ] happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”

and to answer [the] officer [obj] man [the] God and to say and behold LORD to make window in/on/with heaven to be like/as Chronicles [the] this and to say look! you to see: see in/on/with eye your and from there not to eat

20 And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.

and to be to/for him so and to trample [obj] him [the] people in/on/with gate and to die