Context The Axe Head Recovered1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. 2Please let us go to the Jordan and each of us take from there a beam, and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live. So he said, Go. 3Then one said, Please be willing to go with your servants. And he answered, I shall go. 4So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, Alas, my master! For it was borrowed. 6Then the man of God said, Where did it fall? And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. 7He said, Take it up for yourself. So he put out his hand and took it. The Arameans Plot to Capture Elisha 8Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his servants saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there. 10The king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice. 11Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, Will you tell me which of us is for the king of Israel? 12One of his servants said, No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom. 13So he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 15Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do? 16So he answered, Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. 17Then Elisha prayed and said, O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see. And the LORD opened the servants eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, Strike this people with blindness, I pray. So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19Then Elisha said to them, This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he brought them to Samaria. 20When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them? 22He answered, You shall not kill them. Would you kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master. 23So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. The Siege of SamariaCannibalism 24Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. 25There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkeys head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of doves dung for five shekels of silver. 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king! 27He said, If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press? 28And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; but she has hidden her son. 30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothesnow he was passing by on the walland the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body. 31Then he said, May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today. 32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his masters feet behind him? 33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him and he said, Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer? Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. Douay-Rheims Bible And the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Darby Bible Translation And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. English Revised Version And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. Webster's Bible Translation And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too narrow for us. World English Bible The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See now, the place where we dwell before you is too small for us. Young's Literal Translation And sons of the prophet say unto Elisha, 'Lo, we pray thee, the place where we are dwelling before thee is too strait for us; Library Young Man! a Prayer for YouTHIS YOUNG MAN waited upon a prophet: he could not have had a more instructive occupation; yet his eyes needed to be opened. He was well disposed towards good things, for the tone of his language to his master shows that he was heartily at one with him; but his eyes were not yet half opened. Being in great alarm for his master's safety, he ran to him to warn him: good servants should be their master's best friends. In return, his believing master prays for him. If we desire the good of our servants, … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891 Of the Practice of Piety in Fasting. Whether a Mann is Bound to Correct his Prelate? 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