The Holy Bible

820 1 Kings 20

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of

Hazael shall Jehu slay : and him that escapeth from the sword of

Jehu shall Elisha slay.

Ye t I h a v e l e f t me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have

not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

The Call of Elisha

¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who

was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the

twelfth : and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray

thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.

And he said unto him, Go back again : for what have I done to thee?

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew

them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and

gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went

after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

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Ahab Defeats the Syrians

And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together : and

there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots :

and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and

said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives also and thy children,

even the goodliest, are mine.

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,

according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-

hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt

deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children ;

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