2 Kings 7
- 1Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the Lord. The Lord says this, Tomorrow about this time shall 7 quarts of fine flour be sold for one piece of silver, and 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, in the gate of Samaria.
- 2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 3And there were four leprous men at the entrance to the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
- 4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live. If they kill us, we shall but die.
- 5And they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the farthest part of the camp of Syria there was no man there.
- 6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
- 7Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
- 8And when these lepers came to the farthest part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried from there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Came again, and entered into another tent, and carried from there also, and went and hid it.
- 9Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we stay till the morning light, some harm will come on us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
- 10So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 11And he called the gatekeepers. They told it to the king's house within.
- 12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
- 13And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, They are as all the great number of Israel that are left in it: I say, they are even as all the great number of the Israelites that are consumed. And let us send and see.
- 14They took therefore two chariot horses. The king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 15And they went after them to Jordan: and all the way was full of garments and items, which the Syrians had cast away in their hurry. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
- 16And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So 7 quarts of fine flour were sold for one piece of silver, and 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, according to the word of the Lord.
- 17And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
- 18As the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, and 7 quarts of fine flour for one piece of silver, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
- 19And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 20And so it fell out to him. For the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Kings 7 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThen Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
GIGAKJVThen Elisha said, Hear the word of the Lord. The Lord says this, Tomorrow about this time shall 7 quarts of fine flour be sold for one piece of silver, and 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, in the gate of Samaria.
KJVThen a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
GIGAKJVThen a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
KJVAnd there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
GIGAKJVAnd there were four leprous men at the entrance to the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
KJVIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
GIGAKJVIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live. If they kill us, we shall but die.
KJVAnd they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
GIGAKJVAnd they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the farthest part of the camp of Syria there was no man there.
KJVFor the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
KJVWherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
GIGAKJVTherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
KJVAnd when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
GIGAKJVAnd when these lepers came to the farthest part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried from there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Came again, and entered into another tent, and carried from there also, and went and hid it.
KJVThen they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
GIGAKJVThen they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace: if we stay till the morning light, some harm will come on us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
KJVSo they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
GIGAKJVSo they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
KJVAnd he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
GIGAKJVAnd he called the gatekeepers. They told it to the king's house within.
KJVAnd the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
GIGAKJVAnd the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
KJVAnd one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
GIGAKJVAnd one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, They are as all the great number of Israel that are left in it: I say, they are even as all the great number of the Israelites that are consumed. And let us send and see.
KJVThey took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
GIGAKJVThey took therefore two chariot horses. The king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
KJVAnd they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
GIGAKJVAnd they went after them to Jordan: and all the way was full of garments and items, which the Syrians had cast away in their hurry. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
KJVAnd the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
GIGAKJVAnd the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So 7 quarts of fine flour were sold for one piece of silver, and 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, according to the word of the Lord.
KJVAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
GIGAKJVAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
KJVAnd it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
GIGAKJVAs the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, 14 quarts of barley for one piece of silver, and 7 quarts of fine flour for one piece of silver, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
KJVAnd that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
KJVAnd so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
GIGAKJVAnd so it fell out to him. For the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
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