hey set out in the evening to go over to the camp of the Arameans.
But when they came to the edge of the camp of the Arameans, no one was
there, for the Lord had made the army of the Arameans hear a noise of
chariots and of horses and of a great army, and they said to one
another, "Surely the ruler of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites
and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us." So they rose and fled in
the twilight; and they left their tents, their horses and their asses,
even the camp as it was, and fled for their lives. When these lepers
came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank
and carried away silver and gold and clothing and hid them. Then they
came back and entered another tent and carried away what was in it and
went and hid that.

Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right; this day is a
day of good news. If we keep still and wait until morning punishment
will overtake us. Now, come, let us go and tell those in the palace." So
they called the watchmen at the city gate and said to them, "We went to
the camp of the Arameans, but there was no one there and no sound of
men's voices. The horses and asses were tied and the tents were just as
they had been."

The watchmen at the city gate shouted this news to those in the palace.
And the ruler of Israel rose in the night and said to his servants, "I
will now tell you what the Arameans have done: they know that we are
hungry; so they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the
field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them
alive and get into the city.'"

But one of his servants spoke up and said, "Let some men take a pair of
the horses which are left here. If they die, they will be like most of
the Israelites who are dying! Let us send and find out." So they took
two men on horseback, and the ruler of Israel sent them after the army
of the Arameans with the command, "Go and see." They followed them to
the Jordan; and all the way was filled with clothes and weapons which
the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned
and told the ruler of Israel.

Then the people went and carried things away from the camp of the
Arameans. So a peck of fine meal was sold for a piece of silver, and two
pecks of barley for a piece of silver, just as Jehovah had said.

THE END OF AHAB'S SELFISH FAMILY

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