BRAGADAYJAH 1080
The King’s lord died at the gate
And so accordingly, the king sent out two chariot horses after the host of the Syrians with instructions to go and see. And as they went all the way towards the Jordan they found strewn along the way garments and vessels which the Syrians had discarded as they fled in haste. And the messengers returned and informed the king. On hearing the news, the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians to the extent that flour and barley were plentiful, so that a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, as Elisha the man of God had foretold. And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he learned to have the charge of the gate; and while there he was trampled to death by the people just as Elisha had said, he would not eat of the spoils; for the people clamored at the gate and he died that day. For he was that same lord on whom the king leant who had answered Elisha and asked, “Now behold if the Lord should make windows in heaven might such a thing be?” And Elisha had replied and said, “Behold thou shall see it with your eyes but shall not eat thereof.” And so it fell to him that he died at the gate having been trampled by the people.
The King’s lord died at the gate
And so accordingly, the king sent out two chariot horses after the host of the Syrians with instructions to go and see. And as they went all the way towards the Jordan they found strewn along the way garments and vessels which the Syrians had discarded as they fled in haste. And the messengers returned and informed the king. On hearing the news, the people went out and spoiled the tents of the Syrians to the extent that flour and barley were plentiful, so that a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, as Elisha the man of God had foretold. And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he learned to have the charge of the gate; and while there he was trampled to death by the people just as Elisha had said, he would not eat of the spoils; for the people clamored at the gate and he died that day. For he was that same lord on whom the king leant who had answered Elisha and asked, “Now behold if the Lord should make windows in heaven might such a thing be?” And Elisha had replied and said, “Behold thou shall see it with your eyes but shall not eat thereof.” And so it fell to him that he died at the gate having been trampled by the people.
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