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-\v 4 So they went together. When they reached the Jordan River they cut down some trees.
+\v 4 So they went together. When they reached the Jordan River, they cut down some trees.
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 \v 5 But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head separated from the handle and fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, "O, Master, what shall I do? The axe is not mine. I borrowed it!"
 
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-\v 8 Whenever the king of Aram prepared to send his army to fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents.
+\v 8 Whenever the king of Aram prepared to send his army to fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers and then told them where they should set up their tents.
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-\v 9 But each time Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, telling him where the army of Aram was planning to attack them, saying, "Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Aram has set up their tents there."
+\v 9 But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, telling him where the army of Aram was planning to attack them, saying, "Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Aram has set up their tents there."
 
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 \v 10 So the king of Israel would send messengers to warn the people who lived in that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times.
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 \v 18 When the army of Aram prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, "Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!" Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly.
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-\v 19 Then Elisha went to them and said, "You are not on the right road. This is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for." But he led them to the city Samaria, the capital of Israel.
+\v 19 Then Elisha went to them and said, "You are not on the right road. This is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man for whom you are searching." But he led them to the city Samaria, the capital of Israel.
 
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-\v 22 Elisha replied, "No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king."
+\v 22 Elisha replied, "No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink and then allow them to return to their king."
 \v 23 So the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Aram and told him what had happened. So for a while after that, soldiers from Aram stopped raiding towns in Israel.
 
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-\v 24 But some time later, Ben Hadad the king of Aram , assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city for a long time.
+\v 24 But some time later, Ben-Hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city for a long time.
-\v 25 Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, so that eventually a donkey's head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and one cup of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
+\v 25 Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city so that eventually a donkey's head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and one cup of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
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 \v 26 One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, "Your Majesty, help me!"
 
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 \v 27 He replied, "If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot. I do not have any wheat or wine!
-\v 28 What is your problem?" She replied, "Several days ago, that women over there said to me, 'Because we have nothing left to eat, let us kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can kill my son and eat his flesh.'
+\v 28 What is your problem?" She replied, "Several days ago, that woman over there said to me, 'Because we have nothing left to eat, let us kill your son today so that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can kill my son and eat his flesh.'
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-\v 29 So we killed my son and cut his body up and boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, 'Now give your son to me, in order that we can kill him and cook his flesh and eat it.' But she has hidden her son."
+\v 29 So we killed my son and cut his body up and boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, 'Now give your son to me so that we can kill him and cook his flesh and eat it.' But she has hidden her son."
 
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 \v 30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe to show that he was very upset. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe because he was very upset.
-\v 31 The king exclaimed, "I wish that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us!"
+\v 31 The king exclaimed, "I wish that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us!"
 
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-\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says: 'He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver.'"
+\v 1 Elisha replied to the king, "Listen to what Yahweh says. He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver."
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 \v 2 The officer accompanying the king said to Elijah, "That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky and send grain down to us, that certainly could not happen!" Elisha replied, "Because you said that, you will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!"
 
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-\v 3 That day there were four men who had leprosy who were sitting outside the gate of the city of Samaria. They said to each other, "Why should we wait here until we die?
+\v 3 That day, there were four men who had leprosy who were sitting outside the gate of the city of Samaria. They said to each other, "Why should we wait here until we die?
-\v 4 If we go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let us go to where the army of Aram has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die."
+\v 4 If we go into the city, we will die there because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let us go to where the army of Aram has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die."
 
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 \v 5 So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Aram had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there.
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 \v 6 What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Aram to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So the soldiers said to each other, "Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Hittites and their armies, and they have come to attack us!"
 
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-\v 7 So they all ran away that evening at sundown and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because they were afraid that they would die if they stayed there.
+\v 7 So they all ran away that evening at sundown and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there because they were afraid that they would die if they stayed there.
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-\v 8 When those four men with leprosy came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Aram had set up their tents, they went into one tent and saw all the things that had been left there. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went outside the tent and hid those things. Then they entered another tent and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.
+\v 8 When those four men with leprosy came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Aram had set up their tents, they went into one tent and saw all the things that had been left there. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went outside the tent and hid those things. Then they entered another tent and took things from there and then went outside and hid them also.
 
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-\v 9 But then they said to each other, "We are not doing what is right. We have good news to tell others today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, the people will certainly punish us. So let us go right now to the palace and tell it to the king's officials!"
+\v 9 But then they said to each other, "We are not doing what is right. We have good news to tell others today. If we do not tell it to anyone now and if we wait until morning to tell it, the people will certainly punish us. So let us go right now to the palace and tell it to the king's officials!"
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 \v 10 So they went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, "We went to where the army of Aram had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted!"
 \v 11 The guards shouted the news, and some people who heard it went to the palace and reported it there.
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 \v 15 They went as far as the Jordan River. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Aram had thrown away while they were running away. So the men returned to the king and reported what they had seen.
 
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-\v 16 Then many of the people of Samaria also went out of the city and went to where the army of Aram had set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. So there was now plenty of everything! As a result people could buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver, and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
+\v 16 Then many of the people of Samaria also went out of the city and went to where the army of Aram had set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. So there was now plenty of everything! As a result, people could buy seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver and fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
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 \v 17 The king of Israel had ordered his assistant, the one who had spoken with Elisha, to supervise what was happening at the city gate. But as he was standing at the gate, all the people who were rushing outside the city trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him.
 
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-\v 18 Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver, and seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver.
+\v 18 Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy fourteen liters of barley for one piece of silver and seven liters of the best flour for one piece of silver.
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 \v 19 That officer had answered, "That certainly cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen." And Elisha had replied, "Because you said that, you will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!"
 \v 20 And that is what happened to him. The people who were rushing out of the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
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-\v 1 After Elisha had caused the son of the woman from the city of Shunem to become alive again, he had told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to send a famine in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
+\v 1 After Elisha had caused the son of the woman from the city of Shunem to become alive again, he had told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while because Yahweh was going to send a famine in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
 \v 2 So the woman had done what Elisha told her to do. She and her family had gone to live in the region of Philistia for seven years.
 
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