2 राजा 6

1 और भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेलों में से किसी ने एलीशा से कहा, यह स्थान जिस में हम तेरे साम्हने रहते हैं, वह हमारे लिये सकेत है।

2 इसलिये हम यरदन तक जाएं, और वहां से एक एक बल्ली ले कर, यहां अपने रहने के लिये एक स्थान बना लें; उसने कहा, अच्छा जाओ।

3 तब किसी ने कहा, अपने दासों के संग चलने को प्रसन्न हो, उसने कहा, चलता हूँ।

4 तो वह उनके संग चला और वे यरदन के तीर पहुंच कर लकड़ी काटने लगे।

5 परन्तु जब एक जन बल्ली काट रहा था, तो कुल्हाड़ी बेंट से निकल कर जल में गिर गई; सो वह चिल्ला कर कहने लगा, हाय! मेरे प्रभु, वह तो मंगनी की थी।

6 परमेश्वर के भक्त ने पूछा, वह कहां गिरी? जब उसने स्थान दिखाया, तब उसने एक लकड़ी काट कर वहां डाल दी, और वह लोहा पानी पर तैरने लगा।

7 उसने कहा, उसे उठा ले, तब उसने हाथ बढ़ा कर उसे ले लिया।

8 ओैर अराम का जाजा इस्राएल से युद्ध कर रहा था, और सम्मति कर के अपने कर्मचारियों से कहा, कि अमुक स्थान पर मेरी छावनी होगी।

9 तब परमेश्वर के भक्त ने इस्राएल के राजा के पास कहला भेजा, कि चौकसी कर और अमुक स्थान से हो कर न जाना क्योंकि वहां अरामी चढ़ाई करने वाले हैं।

10 तब इस्राएल के राजा ने उस स्थान को, जिसकी चर्चा कर के परमेश्वर के भक्त ने उसे चिताया था, भेज कर, अपनी रक्षा की; और उस प्रकार एक दो बार नहीं वरन बहुत बार हुआ।

11 इस कारण अराम के राजा का मन बहुत घबरा गया; सो उसने अपने कर्मचारियों को बुला कर उन से पूछा, क्या तुम मुझे न बताओगे कि हम लोगों में से कौन इस्राएल के राजा की ओर का है? उसके एक कर्मचारी ने कहा, हे मेरे प्रभु! हे राजा! ऐसा नहीं,

12 एलीशा जो इस्राएल में भविष्यद्वक्ता है, वह इस्राएल के राजा को वे बातें भी बताया करता है, जो तू शयन की कोठरी में बोलता है।

13 राजा ने कहा, जा कर देखो कि वह कहां है, तब मैं भेज कर उसे पकड़वा मंगाऊंगा। और उसको यह समाचार मिला कि वह दोतान में है।

14 तब उसने वहां घोड़ों और रथों समेत एक भारी दल भेजा, और उन्होंने रात को आकर नगर को घेर लिया।

15 भोर को परमेश्वर के भक्त का टहलुआ उठा और निकल कर क्या देखता है कि घोड़ों और रथों समेत एक दल नगर को घेरे हुए पड़ा है। और उसके सेवक ने उस से कहा, हाय! मेरे स्वामी, हम क्या करें?

16 उसने कहा, मत डर; क्योंकि जो हमारी ओर हैं, वह उन से अधिक हैं, जो उनकी ओर हैं।

17 तब एलीशा ने यह प्रार्थना की, हे यहोवा, इसकी आंखें खोल दे कि यह देख सके। तब यहोवा ने सेवक की आंखें खोल दीं, और जब वह देख सका, तब क्या देखा, कि एलीशा के चारों ओर का पहाड़ अग्निमय घोड़ों और रथों से भरा हुआ है।

18 जब अरामी उसके पास आए, तब एलीशा ने यहोवा से प्रार्थना की कि इस दल को अन्धा कर डाल। एलीशा के इस वचन के अनुसार उसने उन्हें अन्धा कर दिया।

19 तब एलीशा ने उन से कहा, यह तो मार्ग नहीं है, और न यह नगर है, मेरे पीछे हो लो; मैं तुम्हें उस मनुष्य के पास जिसे तुम ढूंढ़ रहे हो पहुंचाऊंगा। तब उसने उन्हें शोमरोन को पहुंचा दिया।

20 जब वे शोमरोन में आ गए, तब एलीशा ने कहा, हे यहोवा, इन लोगों की आंखें खोल कि देख सकें। तब यहोवा ने उनकी आंखें खोलीं, और जब वे देखने लगे तब क्या देखा कि हम शोमरोन के मध्य में हैं।

21 उन को देखकर इस्राएल के राजा ने एलीशा से कहा, हे मेरे पिता, क्या मैं इन को मार लूं? मैं उन को मार लूं?

22 उसने उत्तर दिया, मत मार। क्या तू उन को मार दिया करता है, जिन को तू तलवार और धनुष से बन्धुआ बना लेता है? तू उन को अन्न जल दे, कि खा पीकर अपने स्वामी के पास चले जाएं।

23 तब उसने उनके लिये बड़ी जेवनार की, और जब वे खा पी चुके, तब उसने उन्हें बिदा किया, और वे अपने स्वामी के पास चले गए। इसके बाद अराम के दल इस्राएल के देश में फिर न आए।

24 परन्तु इसके बाद अराम के राजा बेन्हदद ने अपनी समस्त सेना इकट्ठी कर के, शोमरोन पर चढ़ाई कर दी और उसको घेर लिया।

25 तब शोमरोन में बड़ा अकाल पड़ा और वह ऐसा घिरा रहा, कि अन्त में एक गदहे का सिर चान्दी के अस्सी टुकड़ों में और कब की चौथाई भर कबूतर की बीट पांच टुकड़े चान्दी तक बिकने लगी।

26 और इस्राएल का राजा शहरपनाह पर टहल रहा था, कि एक स्त्री ने पुकार के उस से कहा, हे प्रभु, हे राजा, बचा।

27 उसने कहा, यदि यहोवा तुझे न बचाए, तो मैं कहां से तुझे बचाऊं? क्या खलिहान में से, वा दाखरस के कुण्ड में से?

28 फिर राजा ने उस से पूछा, तुझे क्या हुआ? उसने उत्तर दिया, इस स्त्री ने मुझ से कहा था, मुझे अपना बेटा दे, कि हम आज उसे खा लें, फिर कल मैं अपना बेटा दूंगी, और हम उसे भी खाएंगी।

29 तब मेरे बेटे को पका कर हम ने खा लिया, फिर दूसरे दिन जब मैं ने इस से कहा कि अपना बेटा दे कि हम उसे खा लें, तब इस ने अपने बेटे को छिपा रखा।

30 उस स्त्री की ये बातें सुनते ही, राजा ने अपने वस्त्र फाड़े ( वह तो शहरपनाह पर टहल रहा था ), जब लोगों ने देखा, तब उन को यह देख पड़ा कि वह भीतर अपनी देह पर टाट पहिने है।

31 तब वह बोल उठा, यदि मैं शापात के वुत्र एलीशा का सिर आज उसके धड़ पर रहने दूं, तो परमेश्वर मेरे साथ ऐसा ही वरन इस से भी अधिक करे।

32 एलीशा अपने घर में बैठा हुआ था, और पुरनिये भी उसके संग बैठे थे। सो जब राजा ने अपने पास से एक जन भेजा, तब उस दूत के पहुंचने से पहिले उसने पुरनियों से कहा, देखो, इस खूनी के बेटे ने किसी को मेरा सिर काटने को भेजा है; इसलिये जब वह दूत आए, तब किवाड़ बन्द कर के रोके रहना। क्या उसके स्वामी के पांव की आहट उसके पीछे नहीं सुन पड़ती?

33 वह उन से यों बातें कर ही रहा था कि दूत उसके पास आ पहुंचा। और राजा कहने लगा, यह विपत्ति यहोवा की ओर से है, अब मैं आगे को यहोवा की बाट क्यों जोहता रहूं?

1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

23 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.

24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 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.

26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

27 And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

28 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.

29 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.

30 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.

31 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.

32 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?

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,

2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;

3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

4 That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.

7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.

16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.

24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.