Israel is still under siege by Aram, and they are starving! But Elisha has said, "Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria." Apparently that's a whole lot of food for a cheap price. Maybe God could do that today with gas prices.
But the king said, "Even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?" Apparently he doesn't know a whole lot about the floodgates of heaven.
Elisha said, "You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!" Yikes! What could it mean?
Meanwhile, four lepers were sitting around and said, "Why stay here until we die? Let's go into the camp of the Arameans and surrender." Their reasoning was that there was famine in the city (means they'll die) and if they go into the camp and get taken captive, they live. Or of course, they could be killed by the Arameans, but this way they had a chance. But when they reached the camp, not a single soul was there. God had made them all hear the sound of chariots and horses so they said, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!" So they left the tents and horses and everything and ran for their lives! Well, these lepers were having a good time. They found gold, ate food, and generally partied. Then they remembered that they should tell everybody else, and the gatekeepers shouted the news. The people were overjoyed and they were starving. So they made a run the camp where there was plenty of food. And the king? He got in the way of the starving mob and was trampled. So he did not eat any of the food that sold for dirt cheap. But Israel's land was saved from siege and starvation and they could go out and get food again. And they all lived happily ever after - until next time!
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