14. So he sent horses, chariots, and an oppressing army there. They arrived at night and surrounded the town.
15. The attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and look, the army was surrounding the city with horses and chariots. His servant said to him, “Oh no, my master! What shall we do?”
16. And he said, “Don’t be afraid, for more are with us than are with them.”
17. Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Yahweh, please open his eyes that he may see,” and Yahweh opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw, and look, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18. They came down to him, and Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, “Please strike this people with blindness,” so he struck them with blindness as Elisha had spoken.
19. Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the way and this is not the city. Come after me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” Then he brought them to Samaria.
20. It happened at the moment they came to Samaria, Elisha said, “O Yahweh, open the eyes of these that they may see,” so Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw, and look, the middle of Samaria!
21. Then the king of Israel said to Elisha when he saw them, “Shall I kill them? Shall I kill, my father?”
22. And he said, “You shall not kill. Would you kill those whom you took captive with the sword or with the bow? Put food and water before them that they may eat and drink and then go to their master.”
23. So he made a great feast for them, and they ate and drank; then he sent them, and they went to their master. And the bands of the Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
24. It happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Aram assembled all of his army and marched up and laid siege against Samaria.
25. There was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, a siege was against it, until the head of a donkey went for eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of the measure of the dung of doves went for five shekels of silver.
26. It happened that the king of Israel was crossing over on the wall, and a woman called out to him, saying, “Help, my lord the king!”
27. He said, “No, let Yahweh help you. How can I save you? From the threshing floor or from the wine press?”
28. The king said to her, “What is the problem?” Then the woman said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give me your son, and let us eat him today, then tomorrow we will eat my son.’