These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Kings 6
Tanakh 33 verses
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And the sons of the prophets said unto : ‘Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto the , and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.’ And he answered: ‘Go ye.’
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And one said: ‘Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.’ And he answered: ‘I will go.’
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So he went with them. And when they came to the , they cut down wood.
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- 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: ‘Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.’
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And the man of said: ‘Where fell it?’ And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
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And he said: ‘Take it up to thee.’ So he put out his hand, and took it.
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- 8 Now the of Aram warred against ; and he took counsel with his servants, saying: ‘In such and such a place shall be my camp.’
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And the man of sent unto the of , saying: ‘Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Arameans are coming down.’
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- 10 And the of sent to the place which the man of told him and warned him of; and he guarded himself there, not once nor twice.
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And the of the of Aram was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them: ‘Will ye not tell me which of us is for the of ?’
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- 12 And one of his servants said: ‘Nay, my lord, O ; but , the that is in , telleth the of the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.’
- 13 And he said: ‘Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him.’ And it was told him, saying: ‘Behold, he is in Dothan.’
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Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host; and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
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- 15 And when the of the man of was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his said unto him: ‘Alas, my master! how shall we do?’
- 16 And he answered: ‘Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.’
- 17 And prayed, and said: ‘, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see.’ And opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about .
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And when they came down to him, prayed unto , and said: ‘Smite this people, I pray Thee, with blindness.’ And He smote them with blindness according to the of .
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And said unto them: ‘This is not the way, neither is this the city; follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek.’ And he led them to .
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And it came to pass, when they were come into , that said: ‘, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.’ And opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of .
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And the of said unto , when he saw them: ‘My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?’
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- 22 And he answered: ‘Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.’
- 23 And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Aram came no more into the land of .
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And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad of Aram gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged .
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- 25 And there was a great famine in ; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
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And as the of was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying: ‘Help, my lord, O .’
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And he said: ‘If do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshingfloor, or out of the winepress?’
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- 28 And the said unto her: ‘What aileth thee?’ And she answered: ‘This woman said unto me: Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
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So we boiled my son, and did eat him; and I said unto her on the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.’
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And it came to pass, when the heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes—now he was passing by upon the wall—and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his .
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- 31 Then he said: ‘ do so to me, and more also, if the head of the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.’
- 32 But sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the sent a man from before him; but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders: ‘See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him; is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?’
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And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him; and [the ] said: ‘Behold, this evil is of ; why should I wait for any longer?’
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