2 Kings 6:32Wycliffe's Bible with Modern SpellingSoothly Elisha sat in his house, and eld [or old] men sat with him; then the king before-sent a man to Elisha, and before that that messenger came, Elisha said to the eld [or old] men, Whether ye know, that Benhadad the son of a man-queller [hath] sent hither, that mine head be girded off? Therefore see ye, when the messenger cometh, shut ye the door, and suffer ye not him to enter; for lo! the sound of the feet of his lord is behind him. See the chapter |
and when two men, sons of the devil, were brought, they made them to sit against him, and they, that is, as men of the devil, said false witnessing against him before all the multitude, Naboth blessed God, and the king, that is, Naboth hath cursed God, and the king; for which thing they led him without the city, and killed him with stones.
And thou shalt speak to him, and say, The Lord saith these things, Thou hast slain Naboth, furthermore and thou hast taken his vineyard in possession; and after these things thou shalt add, [These things saith the Lord], In this place, wherein dogs licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick also thy blood.
And Elisha said, Whether mine heart was not present there, when the man turned again from his chariot into the meeting of thee? Now there-fore thou hast taken silver, and thou hast taken clothes, that thou buy places of olives, and vineries [or vines], and sheep, and oxen, and servants, and handmaids;