2. Then the officer who was close to the king answered Elisha. He said, “Even if the Lord opened windows in heaven, that couldn’t happen.”Elisha said, “Because you have said that, you will see it with your eyes. But you will not eat any of it.”
3. There were four men with a harmful skin disease at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other, “Why do we sit here until we die?
4. A time of hunger is in the city. So if we go into the city, we will die there. If we stay here, we will die. So let’s go to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we will live. If they kill us, then we die.”
5. So they got up at twilight. And they went to the Aramean camp. But when they arrived, no one was there.
6. The Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, horses and a large army. They had said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!”
7. So they ran away in the twilight. They left their tents, horses and donkeys. They left the camp standing and ran for their lives.