Saul said to his servant, “Sure, we can go into town. But what can we give to him? We have no gift to give the man of God. Even the food in our bags is gone. What can we give him?”
A man from Baal Shalishah came and brought bread from the first harvest to the man of God [35] (Elisha). This man brought 20 loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in his sack. Then Elisha said, “Give this food to the people, so that they can eat.”
Naaman and all his group came back to the man of God [48] (Elisha). He stood before Elisha and said, “Look, I now know there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now please accept a gift from me!”
Then the King Ben Hadad said to Hazael, “Take a gift, and go to meet the man of God. [95] Ask him to ask the Lord if I will get well from my sickness.”
So Hazael went to meet Elisha. Hazael brought a gift with him. He brought all kinds of good things from Damascus. It took 40 camels to carry everything. Hazael went to Elisha. Hazael said, “Your follower, [96] Ben Hadad king of Aram, sent me to you. He asks if he will get well from his sickness.”
You make the people think I am not important. You turn them against me for a few handfuls of barley and a few scraps of bread. You tell lies to my people. Those people love to listen to lies. You kill people that should live. And you let people live that should die.