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Wherefore she said unto Abraham,
Cast out this
bondwoman and her son: for the son of this
bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
and she said to Abraham, “
Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
And the water was spent in the
bottle, and she
cast the child under one of the shrubs.
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their
castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
These were the sons of
Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the
mound, and here is the
pillar I have set up between you and me.
Come now therefore, and let us
slay him, and
cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath
devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a
vicious animal has
devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
And
Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but
cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.”
Reuben said this so that he could
rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a
snake, and he ran from it.
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the
foreskin of her son, and
cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a
bloody husband art thou to me.
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s
foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a
bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying,
Shew a
miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a
miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
For they
cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod
swallowed up their rods.
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff
swallowed up the other staffs.
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and
cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one
locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and
blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single
locust remained
anywhere in Egypt.
Pharaoh’s
chariots and his host hath he
cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are
drowned in the Red sea.
Pharaoh’s
chariots and army He has
cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are
drowned in the Red Sea.
And he
cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had
cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an
ordinance, and there he proved them,
And Moses
cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he
cast it into the waters, they were
sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an
ordinance, and there He tested them,
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is
torn of beasts in the field; ye shall
cast it to the dogs.
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a
mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will
fulfill the number of your days.
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Cast four gold rings for it and
fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of
shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt
cast five sockets of brass for them.
Make five posts of
acacia wood for the
curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and
cast five bronze bases for them.
And it came to pass, as soon as he came
nigh unto the camp, that he saw the
calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he
cast the tables out of his hands, and
brake them beneath the mount.
As Moses approached the camp and saw the
calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands,
shattering them at the base of the mountain.
And I said unto them,
Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I
cast it into the fire, and there came out this
calf.
So I said to them, ‘
Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this
calf!”
For I will
cast out the nations before thee, and
enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God
thrice in the year.
For I will drive out the nations before you and
enlarge your borders, and no one will
covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
And he made
thereunto four pillars of
shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he
cast for them four sockets of silver.
He also made four posts of
acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he
cast four silver bases for the posts.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.
And he
cast four rings for the four ends of the
grate of brass, to be places for the
staves.
At the four corners of the bronze
grate he
cast four rings as holders for the poles.
And of the hundred talents of silver were
cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the
vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a
socket.
The hundred talents of silver were used to
cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the
veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
And he shall
pluck away his crop with his feathers, and
cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
he must order that the
contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
And Aaron shall
cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the
scapegoat.
After Aaron
casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the
scapegoat,
Defile not ye
yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are
defiled which I
cast out before you:
Do not
defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have
defiled themselves.
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I
cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I
abhorred them.
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I
abhorred them.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall
abhor you.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and
heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will
despise you.
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not
cast them away, neither will I
abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not
reject or
despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
And the priest shall take
cedar wood, and
hyssop, and scarlet, and
cast it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their
molten images, and quite
pluck down all their high places:
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and
cast idols, and
demolish all their high places.
But if he thrust him suddenly without
enmity, or have
cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Or with any stone,
wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and
cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his
harm:
or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to
harm him,
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land
whither thou goest to possess it, and hath
cast out many nations before thee, the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the
Amorites, and the
Canaanites, and the
Perizzites, and the
Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the
Hittites, Girgashites,
Amorites,
Canaanites,
Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath
cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD
doth drive them out from before thee.
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
And I took the two tables, and
cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands,
shattering them before your eyes.
And I took your sin, the
calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I
cast the dust thereof into the
brook that descended out of the mount.
And I took that sinful thing, the
calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I
crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I
cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
casts spells, consults a medium or
spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not
anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall
cast his fruit.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never
anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great
indignation, and
cast them into another land, as it is this day.
The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger,
rage, and great wrath, and He
cast them into another land, where they are
today.’
And the king of
Ai he
hanged on a tree until
eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his
carcase down from the tree, and
cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise
thereon a great
heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
He hung the king of
Ai on a tree until evening, and at
sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD
cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel
slew with the sword.
As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and
cast them into the cave wherein they had been
hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
At
sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
All the kingdom of
Og in
Bashan, which reigned in
Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the
remnant of the giants: for these did Moses
smite, and
cast them out.
the whole kingdom of
Og in
Bashan, who had reigned in
Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a
remnant of the
Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description
hither to me, that I may
cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
When you have
mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will
cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here
cast lots for you before the LORD in
Shiloh.
As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will
cast lots for you here in
Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
And Joshua
cast lots for them in
Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
And Joshua
cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at
Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in
sincerity and truth;
cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of
Baal was
cast down, and the
grove was cut down that was by it, and the second
bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was
Baal’s altar
torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
Then the men of the city said unto
Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath
cast down the altar of
Baal, and because he hath cut down the
grove that was by it.
Then the men of the city said to
Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has
torn down
Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
And
Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye
plead for
Baal? will ye save him? he that will
plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him
plead for himself, because one hath
cast down his altar.
But
Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you
contending for
Baal? Are you trying to save him?
Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If
Baal is a god, let him
contend for himself with the one who has
torn down his altar.”
And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
“We will give them
gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an
earring from his
plunder onto it.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he
cast away the
jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
And when
Samson had finished speaking, he
cast the
jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
And Saul said,
Cast lots between me and
Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken.
Then Saul said, “
Cast the lot between me and my son
Jonathan.” And
Jonathan was selected.
And Saul
cast the
javelin; for he said, I will
smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
and he
hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David
eluded him twice.
Ye mountains of
Gilboa, let there be no
dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been
anointed with oil.
O mountains of
Gilboa, may you have no
dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was
defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer
anointed with oil.
And he
smote Moab, and measured them with a line,
casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be
spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Who
smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman
cast a piece of a
millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye
nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Who was the one to strike
Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper
millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
For we must needs die, and are as water
spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither
doth God respect any person: yet
doth he
devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and
cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and
cast dust.
So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he
yelled curses, threw stones, and
flung dust at David.
And they took
Absalom, and
cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great
heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
They took
Absalom,
cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge
mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
And
Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the
highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed
Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and
cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
But
Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were
stopping there, he
dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
And they came and besieged him in
Abel of Beth-maachah, and they
cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the
trench: and all the people that were with
Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of
Sheba the son of Bichri, and
cast it out to
Joab. And he
blew a
trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And
Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of
Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to
Joab. So he
blew the ram’s horn and his men
dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And
Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
For he
cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high
apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
And he made two chapiters of
molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one
chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other
chapiter was five cubits:
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
And he made a
molten sea, ten cubits from the one
brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
He also made the Sea of
cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from
rim to
rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
And under the
brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a
cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were
cast in two rows, when it was
cast.
Below the
rim, ornamental buds
encircled it, ten per
cubit all the way around the Sea,
cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
And the work of the wheels was like the work of a
chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all
molten.
The wheels were made like
chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of
cast metal.
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a
cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
At the top of each stand was a circular band half a
cubit high. The supports and panels were
cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape.
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
proverb and a
byword among all people:
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of
scorn and
ridicule among all peoples.
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and
slew him: and his
carcase was
cast in the way, and the
ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the
carcase.
As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the
donkey and the lion standing beside it.
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the
carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the
carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the
donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or
mauled the
donkey.
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and
molten images, to
provoke me to anger, and hast
cast me behind thy back:
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for
yourself other gods and
molten images to
provoke Me, and you have
flung Me behind your back.
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
There were even male
shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
So
Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And
Elijah went up to the top of
Carmel; and he
cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
So
Ahab went up to eat and drink. But
Elijah climbed to the summit of
Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
So he departed thence, and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and
cast his
mantle upon him.
And he did very
abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the
Amorites, whom the LORD
cast out before the children of Israel.
He committed the most
detestable acts by going after idols, just like the
Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
“Look now,” they said to
Elisha, “we your servants have fifty
valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,”
Elisha replied.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and
cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
and
Elisha went out to the spring,
cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have
healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land
cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof;
howbeit the slingers went about it, and
smote it.
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with
slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
But he said, Then bring meal. And he
cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no
harm in the pot.
Then
Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing
harmful in the pot.
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.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron
float.
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had
cast away in their
haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
And they
tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was
littered with the clothing and
equipment the Arameans had thrown off in
haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
