II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 382

5-18 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.-·—II. KINGS. 6-14 18 20 21 22 G 2 offering and sacrihce to another GOD except the Evan-1.1v1NG. Will the Evzm-L1v1NG, however, forgive your servant for this thing? When my Prince goes to the 'I`emp¥e of Rimon t0 bow there, and lezms upon myrarm to bow in the Temple of Rimon,-if I bow in the Temple of Rimon, I pray the EVER—LIVlNG to forgive your ser· vant for that thing} Go in So he departed with his loads of earth. (mc. 893.) Wha ilillning at ®Iyikhn;i. Ghikhazi, the attendant of Alisha,

I see my Master refrained from taking from the cargo of this Naman the Aramite what he offered! By the life of the Even-Lxvmo, if I don’t run after him, and get something for myself from him! Ghikhazi consequently ran after

Naman, and Naman saw him running, and alighted from his chariot to go Is all All is well.

My Master has sent me to say that 1`here have just come to me two young men from Mount Ephraim, students ofthe Preachers,·——give me therefore a talent of silver, and two Robes of Will you not

And he pressed him, and put two talents of silver into two bags, and two Robes of Honour, and gave themeto two of his own attendants, who carried them before him. When they came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house, and dismissed the men and they departed. He then went and stood before his Where do you come from, Ghikhazi ? ’ Your servant has not been anywhere! Went not my

heart with you when the man de· scended from his chariot and came to. meet you ?—·~·Is this a time for you to take money ? And take Robes? And Olive~yards, and Vineyards? And sheep and oxen ? And men and women servants ?--Therefore the leprosy of Naman the Aramite shall And he went from his presence a leper white as snow! (ac. 893.) §is {Emails lmilb tlilislyn at lynusr. The student Preachers afterwards

You see that the stick to you, and your race for ever! place where we reside with you is too small for us. Let us go therefore to the jordan, and each one of us takea beam fron1 there and construct for us And he But someone asked, “ Will you not consent to go with us? ’ So

he went with them, and they arrived at the jordan, and selected the trees. But while one was felling the timber

the axe fell into the stream, so that Alas! Master! it was borrowed !' Where

So they showed him the place, when he seized a stick and thrust it there and floated the iron, When he stretched out his hand and tookit. (ac. 892.) ®lishn nhhisrs the {ting nf Israel in his mars iuiily Qriun. At a time when the king of Aram 8 was at war with Israel, his officers Fix your camp at such a place} But the MAN of Goo sent to the 9 Guard the passesat that place, or the king of Aram will encamp there.’ The king of Israel therefore sent to

the passes which the MAN of GOD had intimated to him, and took pre— caution and guarded them, not once or twice. Consequently the heart of the king of Aram was depressed about the matter, so he summoned this Can you inform me who is advising the king of When one of his ministers an-

Does not your Majesty know that Alisha, the Preacher, who is in Israel, instructs the king of Israel about the things that you talk of in your bed—chamber?’ Go and ascertain

where he is, and I will send and capture him. And they informed him saying, He is in Dothan? He consequently sent Cavalry and 382 IO

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