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|2 Reyes 7:11|
Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.
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12
|2 Reyes 7:12|
Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.
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13
|2 Reyes 7:13|
And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.
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14
|2 Reyes 7:14|
So they took two horsemen; and the king sent them after the army of the Aramaeans, saying, Go and see.
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15
|2 Reyes 7:15|
And they went after them as far as Jordan; and all the road was covered with clothing and vessels dropped by the Aramaeans in their flight. So those who were sent went back and gave the news to the king.
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16
|2 Reyes 7:16|
Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.
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|2 Reyes 7:17|
And the king gave authority to that captain, on whose arm he was supported, to have control over the doorway into the town; but he was crushed to death there under the feet of the people, as the man of God had said when the king went down to him.
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|2 Reyes 7:18|
So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.
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|2 Reyes 7:19|
And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
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|2 Reyes 7:20|
And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.
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