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my soul and the soul of these your children in your eyes.” And an angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah, and he went down with them to the king, and said according to the word spoken before, “because you sent to inquire of the fly, turning away from God, you shall die and not live.” And Ahaziah died according to the word of Elijah, and rested in the cave of Moses. In the time of this Ahaziah, the people of that region suffered from famine, slaughtered their own children, and ate them; for they used to dip their food in doves’ dung instead of salt. In the four thousand six hundred and second year, Elijah was taken up. From there, Elisha, returning to Jericho, heals the bad waters with salt. And as he was going up to Bethel, little children came out of the city and stoned him and mocked him, and said, “Go up, you baldhead, go up.” But he cursed them; and behold, two bears came out of the wood and tore forty-two of the children to pieces. And from there he returned to Samaria. This Samaria the fifth king of Israel builds into a city (this is the one now 1.181 called Sebaste), and he named it Seber, after the name of Sebar the lord of the mountain. Then also Elisha performed the miracle of the oil for the woman for abundance, and through that oil he paid her debts, and he raised the son of the Shunammite woman. Then also the gourd, which was poison to the men, was given as medicine, and it was healed with meal. And the 20 barley loaves and the five cakes of dried figs were more than enough for the hundred men. And the leprosy of Naaman was healed, but Gehazi received clothes and silver and his leprosy. In addition to these things, he also brought up the ax from the Jordan, and he reported the ambushes of the king of Syria to the king of Israel. And when the king of Syria surrounded him on the mountain to seize him, when Elisha’s servant saw the chariots and the host, he was afraid, and said, “Lord, what shall we do?” But he said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And he prayed, and God opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw the whole mountain full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. And when they came down to him, the Lord struck them with blindness. And Elisha said, “Come after me.” And he led them to Samaria, and their eyes were opened, and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. And the king of Samaria said, “Shall I strike them, father?” And he said, “You shall not strike them. Set 1.182 bread and water before them.” And after eating they departed to their master, and the raiders of Syria did not come into Israel again. And after Ahaziah, Joram his brother reigned, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. And he was slain by Jehu, having reigned for twelve years; he had subdued Mesha king of Moab and was receiving from him a yearly tribute of one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams. In his time the great Elijah was taken up. And the king of Syria came and besieged Samaria, and there was a great famine, so that a donkey’s head was sold for thirty pieces of silver. And Joram was passing by on the wall. And a certain woman cried out to him, “Save me, my lord the king.” And he answered and said, “If the Lord does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?” And the woman says, “No, O king. But this woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and my son tomorrow;’ and having boiled him yesterday, we ate him, and today she has hidden her son.” When the king heard this, he tore his garments, and the people saw the sackcloth on his flesh underneath. And he answered and said, “May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha shall remain on him today.” And he sent the officer on whom he leaned. And the prophet said to him, “Thus says 1.183 the Lord: Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of fine flour for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.” And the officer said, “If the Lord should open the

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ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν παιδίων σου τούτων ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου.» καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἄγγελος κυρίου πρὸς Ἠλιού, καὶ κατέβη μετ' αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ εἶπε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τὸ ἔμπροσθεν «ἀνθ' ὧν ἐξαπέστειλας ἐπερωτᾶν τὴν μυῖαν, ἀπο στὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀποθανῇ σὺ καὶ οὐ ζήσῃ.» καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ὀχοζίας κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Ἠλιοῦ, καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ Μωϋσέως. ἐπὶ τούτου τοῦ Ὀχοζίου λιμώξαντες οἱ κατ' ἐκείνην τὴν περίχωρον, τὰ ἴδια σφάξαντες τέκνα κατέφαγον· ἐν κόπρῳ γὰρ περιστερῶν ἀντὶ ἁλὸς βάπτοντες ἐχρῶντο. Ἐν δὲ τῷ τετρακισχιλιοστῷ ἑξακοσιοστῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει ἀνε λήφθη Ἠλίας. ἐντεῦθεν ὑποστρέφων Ἐλισσαιὲ εἰς Ἰεριχὼ θεραπεύει τὰ πονηρὰ ὕδατα διὰ ἁλῶν. ἀναβαίνοντος δὲ εἰς Βεθὴλ ἐξῆλθον παιδάρια μικρὰ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἐλίθαζον αὐτὸν καὶ κατέπαιζον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔλεγον «ἀνάβαινε φαλακρέ, ἀνάβαινε.» ὁ δὲ κατηράσατο αὐτῶν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθον δύο ἄρκτοι ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ διέρρηξαν ἐξ αὐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα καὶ δύο παῖδας. κἀκεῖθεν ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν. ταύτην τὴν Σαμάρειαν ὁ πέμπτος βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ κτίζει εἰς πόλιν (αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ νῦν 1.181 καλουμένη Σεβαστή), ἐπωνόμασε δὲ αὐτὴν Σεβήρ, εἰς ὄνομα Σεβὰρ τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ὄρους. τότε καὶ τὸ θαῦμα τοῦ ἐλαίου εἰς πληθυσμὸν τῇ γυναικὶ δέδωκεν Ἐλισαῖος, καὶ τὰ χρέα αὐτῆς δι' αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐλαίου ἐπλήρωσε, καὶ τῆς Σωμανίτιδος τὸν υἱὸν ἀνέ στησε. τότε καὶ ἡ τολύπη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις φάρμακον ὂν ἐδόθη, καὶ δι' ἀλεύρου ἐθεραπεύθη. καὶ οἱ κρίθινοι κʹ ἄρτοι καὶ αἱ πέντε παλάθαι τῶν ἰσχάδων ἐν τοῖς ἑκατὸν ἀνδράσιν ἐπερίσσευ σαν. καὶ τοῦ Νεεμᾶν ἡ λέπρα ἐθεραπεύθη, Γηεζῆ δὲ ἔλαβεν ἱμάτια καὶ ἀργύρια καὶ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ λέπραν. ἐπὶ τούτοις καὶ τὴν ἀξίνην ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἀνήγαγε, καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τοῦ βασι λέως Συρίας ἀνήγγειλε τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως Συρίας κυκλώσαντος αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὄρος ἐπὶ τῷ κρατῆσαι, ὡς εἶδεν ὁ λειτουργὸς Ἐλισαιὲ τὰ ἅρματα καὶ τὴν δύναμιν, ἐφοβήθη, καὶ εἶπε «κύριε, τί ποιήσομεν;» ὁ δὲ εἶπε «μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι πλείους οἱ μεθ' ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ τοὺς μετ' αὐτῶν.» καὶ προσηύξατο, καὶ ἤνοιξεν ὁ θεὸς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ παιδαρίου, καὶ εἶδε τὸ ὄρος ὅλον πλῆρες ἵππων καὶ ἅρμα πυρὸς περικύκλῳ Ἐλισαιέ. κατα βάντων δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ἀορασίᾳ. καὶ εἶπεν «Ἐλισαιὲ δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου.» καὶ ἀπήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς Σα μάρειαν, καὶ ἠνοίγησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτοὶ ἐν μέσῳ Σαμαρείας. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαμαρείας «εἰ πατάξω, πάτερ;» καὶ εἶπεν «οὐ πατάξεις. παράθες αὐτοῖς ἄρ 1.182 τον καὶ ὕδωρ.» καὶ φαγόντες ἀπῆλθον πρὸς τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ προσέθεντο ἔτι οἱ μονόζωνοι Συρίας τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὸν Ἰσραήλ. Μετὰ δὲ Ὀχοζίαν ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωρὰμ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον κυρίου. καὶ ἐσφάγη ὑπὸ Ἰηοῦ, βασιλεύσας ἔτη δεκαδύο· ὃς ὑποτάξας τὸν Μασὰ βασιλέα Μωὰβ ἦν λαμβάνων ἐξ αὐτοῦ φόρον κατ' ἐνιαυτόν, ἀρνοὺς χιλιάδας ἑκατὸν καὶ κριοὺς χιλιάδας ἑκατόν. ἐφ' οὗ ἀνελήφθη ὁ μέγας Ἠλίας. καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Συρίας καὶ περιεκάθισεν ἐπὶ Σα μάρειαν, καὶ γέγονε λιμὸς μέγας ὥστε πραθῆναι κεφαλὴν ὄνου ἀργυρίων τριάκοντα. καὶ ἦν Ἰωρὰμ διαπορευόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ τεί χους. καὶ γυνή τις ἐβόησε πρὸς αὐτόν «σῶσον κύριε βασιλεῦ.» καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε «μὴ σῶσαι σὲ κύριος; πόθεν σώσω σε; μὴ ἀπὸ τῆς ἅλωνος ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς ληνοῦ;» καί φησιν ἡ γυνή «οὐχί, βα σιλεῦ. ἀλλ' ἡ γυνὴ αὕτη εἶπέ μοι, δὸς τὸν υἱόν σου, φαγώμεθα αὐτὸν σήμερον, καὶ τὸν υἱόν μου αὔριον· καὶ ἑψήσαντες αὐτὸν χθὲς ἐφάγομεν, καὶ σήμερον ἔκρυψε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς.» ὅπερ ἀκού σας βασιλεὺς διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶδεν ὁ λαὸς τὸν σάκκον ἐπὶ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ ἔσωθεν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε «τάδε ποιήσει μοι ὁ θεός, καὶ τάδε προσθείη, εἰ στήσεται ἡ κεφαλὴ Ἐλισαίου σήμερον ἐπ' αὐτῷ.» καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν τριστάτην, ἐφ' ὃν ἐπανεπαύετο. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ προφήτης «τάδε λέγει 1.183 κύριος. αὔριον, ὡς ἡ ὥρα αὕτη, μέτρον σεμιδάλεως σίκλου καὶ δίμετρον κριθῆς σίκλου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις Σαμαρείας.» καὶ εἶπεν ὁ τριστάτης «εἰ ἀνοίξει κύριος τοὺς