1 Then Elisha said: 'Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow, at this time, one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, and two measures of barley will be one silver coin, at the gate of Samaria.'
2 And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, 'Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?' And he said, 'You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.'
3 Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: 'Should we choose to stay here until we die?
4 If we choose to enter the city, we will die from the famine. And if we remain here, we also will die. Therefore, come and let us flee over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we will live. But if they choose to kill us, we will die anyway.'
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