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American Standard Version (ASV):
But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

King James Version (KJV):
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

King James Version (KJV):
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

King James Version (KJV):
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within upon his flesh.

American Standard Version (ASV):
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.

King James Version (KJV):
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

King James Version (KJV):
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

King James Version (KJV):
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

American Standard Version (ASV):
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

King James Version (KJV):
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five [ [pieces] of silver.

King James Version (KJV):
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five [pieces] of silver.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

King James Version (KJV):
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

King James Version (KJV):
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.