And the man of God was angry with him, and said: If thou hadst smitten five or six or seven times, thou hadst smitten Syria even to utter destruction. But now three times shalt thou smite it.
For thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: The pot of meal shall not waste, nor the cruse of oil be diminished, until the day wherein the Lord will give rain upon the face of the earth.
And the manna ceased after they ate of the corn of the land, neither did the children of Israel use that food any more: but they ate of the corn of the present year of the land of Chanaan.