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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 И҆ рѣ́ша сы́нове прорѡ́чи ко є҆лїссе́ю: сѐ, ᲂу҆́бѡ мѣ́сто, и҆дѣ́же мы̀ живе́мъ проти́вꙋ тебє̀, тѣ́сно на́мъ:
1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us.
2 да и҆́демъ нн҃ѣ до і҆ѻрда́на, и҆ да во́змемъ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ кі́йждо мꙋ́жъ по бервнꙋ̀ є҆ди́номꙋ и҆ сотвори́мъ себѣ̀ тꙋ̀ ѡ҆бита́лища пребыва́ти та́мѡ. И҆ речѐ: и҆ди́те.
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”
3 И҆ речѐ є҆ди́нъ кро́тцѣ: грѧдѝ и҆ са́мъ съ рабы̑ твои́ми. И҆ речѐ: а҆́зъ пойдꙋ̀.
3 One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
4 И҆ и҆́де съ ни́ми: и҆ прїидо́ша ко і҆ѻрда́нꙋ, и҆ сѣко́ша древа̀:
4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 и҆ є҆гда̀ є҆ди́нъ ѿсѣка́ше бервно̀, и҆ сѐ, желѣ́зо спадѐ съ топори́ща и҆ впадѐ въ во́дꙋ. И҆ возопѝ: ѽ, господи́не, и҆ сїѐ зае́мное.
5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
6 И҆ речѐ человѣ́къ бж҃їй: гдѣ̀ падѐ; И҆ показа̀ є҆мꙋ̀ мѣ́сто. И҆ ѿсѣчѐ дре́во и҆ вве́рже и҆ та́мѡ: и҆ всплывѐ желѣ́зо.
6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
7 И҆ речѐ: возмѝ себѣ̀. И҆ прострѐ рꙋ́кꙋ свою̀ и҆ взѧ́тъ є҆̀.
7 He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
8 И҆ ца́рь сѵ́рскїй бѣ̀ вою́ѧ на і҆и҃лѧ, и҆ совѣща̀ со ѻ҆́трѡки свои́ми, глаго́лѧ: на мѣ́стѣ нѣ́коемъ сокрове́ннѣмъ ѡ҆полчꙋ́сѧ.
8 Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
9 И҆ посла̀ є҆лїссе́й ко царю̀ і҆и҃левꙋ, глаго́лѧ: блюди́сѧ не преитѝ на мѣ́сто сїѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ тꙋ̀ сѵ́рѧне залѧго́ша.
9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.”
10 И҆ посла̀ ца́рь і҆и҃левъ на мѣ́сто, ѡ҆ не́мже речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ є҆лїссе́й, и҆ соблюде́сѧ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ не є҆ди́ною, нижѐ два́жды.
10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
11 И҆ смꙋти́сѧ дꙋша̀ царѧ̀ сѵ́рска ѡ҆ словесѝ се́мъ: и҆ призва̀ ѻ҆́троки своѧ̑ и҆ речѐ и҆ ни̑мъ: не возвѣсти́те ли мнѣ̀, кто̀ предае́тъ мѧ̀ царю̀ і҆и҃левꙋ;
11 The king of Syria’s heart was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”
12 И҆ речѐ є҆ди́нъ ѿ ѻ҆́трѡкъ є҆гѡ̀: нѝ, господи́не мо́й царю̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ проро́къ є҆лїссе́й, и҆́же во і҆и҃ли, возвѣща́етъ царю̀ і҆и҃левꙋ всѧ̑ словеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же а҆́ще глаго́леши въ сокро́вищи ло́жницы твоеѧ̀.
12 One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
13 И҆ речѐ: и҆ди́те, ви́дите, гдѣ̀ се́й, и҆ посла́въ возмꙋ̀ є҆го̀. И҆ возвѣсти́ша є҆мꙋ̀, глаго́люще: сѐ, є҆́сть въ дѡѳаі́мѣ.
13 He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
14 И҆ посла̀ та́мѡ ко́ни и҆ колєсни́цы и҆ си́лꙋ тѧ́жкꙋ: и҆ прїидо́ша но́щїю и҆ ѡ҆крꙋжи́ша гра́дъ.
14 Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15 И҆ ᲂу҆ра́ни ра́бъ є҆лиссе́евъ воста́ти, и҆ и҆зы́де: и҆ сѐ, си́ла ѡ҆бстꙋпѝ гра́дъ, и҆ ко́ни и҆ колєсни́цы. И҆ речѐ ѻ҆́трокъ є҆гѡ̀ къ немꙋ̀: ѽ, господи́не, что̀ сотвори́мъ;
15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
16 И҆ речѐ є҆лїссе́й: не бо́йсѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́жае и҆̀же съ на́ми, не́жели съ ни́ми.
16 He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17 И҆ помоли́сѧ є҆лїссе́й и҆ речѐ: гдⷭ҇и, ѿве́рзи нн҃ѣ ѻ҆́чи ѻ҆́трока, да ᲂу҆́зритъ. И҆ ѿве́рзе гдⷭ҇ь ѻ҆́чи є҆гѡ̀, и҆ ви́дѣ: и҆ сѐ, гора̀ и҆спо́лнь ко́ней, и҆ колесни́ца ѻ҆́гненна ѡ҆́крестъ є҆лїссе́а.
17 Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
18 И҆ снидо́ша къ немꙋ̀: и҆ помоли́сѧ є҆лїссе́й ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ и҆ речѐ: поразѝ ᲂу҆̀бо ꙗ҆зы́къ се́й невидѣ́нїемъ. И҆ поразѝ и҆́хъ невидѣ́нїемъ по глаго́лꙋ є҆лїссе́евꙋ.
18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.
19 И҆ речѐ къ ни̑мъ є҆лїссе́й: не се́й пꙋ́ть и҆ не се́й гра́дъ: грѧди́те по мнѣ̀, и҆ ѿведꙋ̀ вы̀ къ мꙋ́жꙋ, є҆го́же и҆́щете. И҆ ѿведѐ и҆́хъ въ самарі́ю.
19 Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria.
20 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ внидо́ша въ самарі́ю, и҆ речѐ є҆лїссе́й: ѿве́рзи ᲂу҆̀бо, гдⷭ҇и, ѻ҆́чи и҆́хъ, и҆ да ви́дѧтъ. И҆ ѿве́рзе гдⷭ҇ь ѻ҆́чи и҆́хъ, и҆ ви́дѣша: и҆ сѐ, бѧ́хꙋ посредѣ̀ самарі́и.
20 When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 И҆ речѐ ца́рь і҆и҃левъ ко є҆лїссе́ю, є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆ви́дѣ ѧ҆̀: а҆́ще поражꙋ̀ ѧ҆̀ пораже́нїемъ, ѻ҆́тче;
21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
22 И҆ речѐ є҆лїссе́и: да не порази́ши: є҆да́ ли плѣни́лъ є҆сѝ и҆̀хъ мече́мъ твои́мъ и҆ лꙋ́комъ твои́мъ, да и҆збїе́ши; и҆ предложѝ и҆̀мъ хлѣ́бы и҆ во́дꙋ, да ꙗ҆дѧ́тъ и҆ да пїю́тъ и҆ да ѿи́дꙋтъ ко господи́нꙋ своемꙋ̀.
22 He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
23 И҆ предложѝ и҆̀мъ предложе́нїе ве́лїе, и҆ ꙗ҆до́ша и҆ пи́ша, и҆ ѿпꙋстѝ ѧ҆̀, и҆ и҆до́ша ко господи́нꙋ своемꙋ̀: и҆ не приложи́ша ктомꙋ̀ во́ини приходи́ти и҆з̾ сѷрі́и въ зе́млю і҆и҃левꙋ.
23 He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
24 И҆ бы́сть по си́хъ, и҆ собра̀ сы́нъ а҆де́ровъ ца́рь сѷрі́йскїй всѐ ѡ҆полче́нїе своѐ, и҆ взы́де и҆ ѡ҆бсѣ́де самарі́ю.
24 After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
25 И҆ бы́сть гла́дъ вели́къ въ самарі́и: и҆ сѐ, ѡ҆бсѣдо́ша ю҆̀, до́ндеже бы́сть глава̀ ѻ҆сло́ва за пѧтьдесѧ́тъ сі̑кль сребра̀, и҆ четве́ртаѧ ча́сть мѣ́ры гно́ѧ голꙋби́нагѡ за пѧ́ть сі̑кль сребра̀.
25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
26 И҆ бы́сть ца́рь і҆и҃левъ ѡ҆бходѧ́й по стѣна́мъ: и҆ жена̀ (нѣ́каѧ) возопѝ къ немꙋ̀, глаго́лющи: спаси́ мѧ, господи́не мо́й царю̀.
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
27 И҆ речѐ є҆́й: а҆́ще тебѐ не сп҃са́етъ гдⷭ҇ь, ка́кѡ а҆́зъ спасꙋ́ тѧ; є҆да̀ ѿ гꙋмна̀ и҆лѝ ѿ точи́ла;
27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
28 И҆ речѐ є҆́й ца́рь: что́ ти є҆́сть; И҆ речѐ: сїѧ̀ жена̀ ко мнѣ̀ речѐ: да́ждь сы́на твоего̀, да съѧди́мъ є҆го̀ дне́сь, а҆ ᲂу҆́тро моего̀ сы́на съѧди́мъ:
28 Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
29 и҆ и҆спеко́хомъ сы́на моего̀ и҆ снѣдо́хомъ є҆го̀: и҆ рѣ́хъ къ не́й въ де́нь вторы́й: да́ждь сы́на твоего̀, и҆ съѧди́мъ є҆го̀: и҆ скры̀ сы́на своего̀.
29 So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
30 И҆ бы́сть є҆гда̀ ᲂу҆слы́ша ца́рь і҆и҃левъ словеса̀ жены̀, раздра̀ ри̑зы своѧ̑ и҆ са́мъ хожда́ше по стѣнѣ̀, и҆ ви́дѣша лю́дїе вре́тище на пло́ти є҆гѡ̀ внꙋ́трь.
30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. Now he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.
31 И҆ речѐ ца́рь: сїѧ̑ да сотвори́тъ мѝ бг҃ъ и҆ сїѧ̑ да приложи́тъ мѝ, а҆́ще бꙋ́детъ глава̀ є҆лїссе́ева на не́мъ дне́сь.
31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
32 Є҆лїссе́й же сѣдѧ́ше въ домꙋ̀ свое́мъ, и҆ ста́рцы сѣдѧ́хꙋ съ ни́мъ. И҆ посла̀ ца́рь мꙋ́жа пред̾ лице́мъ свои́мъ. И҆ пре́жде да́же прїитѝ по́сланномꙋ къ немꙋ̀, и҆ то́й речѐ ко ста́рцємъ: не вѣ́сте ли, ꙗ҆́кѡ посла̀ сы́нъ ᲂу҆бі́йцы се́й, да ѿсѣче́тъ главꙋ̀ мою̀; ви́дите, є҆гда̀ прїи́детъ вѣ́стникъ, заключи́те двє́ри и҆ сти́сните є҆го̀ во две́рехъ: не то́потъ ли но́гъ господи́на є҆гѡ̀ в̾слѣ́дъ є҆гѡ̀;
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
33 И҆ є҆щѐ є҆мꙋ̀ глаго́лющꙋ съ ни́ми, и҆ сѐ, вѣ́стникъ сни́де къ немꙋ̀ и҆ речѐ: сѐ, сїѐ ѕло̀ ѿ гдⷭ҇а: что̀ потерплю̀ гдⷭ҇еви ксемꙋ̀;
33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
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Ben-hadad
King of Aram who besieged Samaria with thirty-two kings, was spared and made a treaty by Ahab, later besieged Samaria again, and was smothered by Hazael while sick.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 20:34; 2 Kings 6:24
Cross references (33)
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- 1 2 Kings 2:3; Isaiah 54:2–3; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Kings 20:35; Joshua 17:14
- 2 1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Timothy 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Acts 18:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
- 3 Judges 4:8; 2 Kings 5:23; Judges 19:6; Job 6:28
- 4 Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 29:11
- 5 2 Kings 6:15; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Revelation 18:10; 2 Kings 3:10; Psalm 37:21
- 6 2 Kings 2:21; Mark 8:23–25; Exodus 15:25; 2 Kings 4:41; Mark 7:33–34
- 7 2 Kings 4:36; 2 Kings 4:7; Exodus 4:4; Luke 7:15; Acts 9:41
- 8 2 Kings 6:24; Proverbs 20:18; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Kings 22:31; Job 5:12–13
- 9 Amos 3:7; 2 Kings 4:27; Revelation 1:1; 2 Kings 6:12; 1 Kings 20:13
- 10 Amos 7:1–6; 2 Kings 5:14; Acts 27:24; Hebrews 11:7; Exodus 9:20–21
- 11 1 Samuel 22:8; Isaiah 57:20–21; Psalm 48:4–5; 1 Samuel 28:21; Job 18:7–11
- 12 Daniel 2:28–30; Amos 3:7; Daniel 2:22–23; 2 Kings 6:9–10; Ecclesiastes 10:20
- 13 Genesis 37:17; John 11:47–53; Acts 23:12–27; Psalm 37:12–14; Psalm 37:32–33
- 14 2 Kings 18:17; Matthew 26:55; 1 Samuel 24:2; John 18:3–6; 1 Samuel 23:26
- 15 Matthew 8:26; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Exodus 24:13; Psalm 53:5; 2 Kings 6:5
- 16 Romans 8:31; Isaiah 41:10–14; 1 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7–8; Acts 18:9–10
- 17 Psalm 68:17; Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 6:1–7; Hebrews 1:14; Acts 26:18
- 18 Acts 13:11; John 12:40; Genesis 19:11; Job 5:14; John 9:39
- 19 2 Samuel 16:18–19; Mark 8:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 24:16; Luke 9:23
- 20 2 Kings 6:17; Luke 24:31; Luke 16:23; Judges 20:40–42
- 21 2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 8:9; 2 Kings 2:12; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 24:4
- 22 Genesis 48:22; Romans 12:20–21; Hosea 2:18; Deuteronomy 20:11–16; 2 Chronicles 28:8–15
- 23 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Kings 24:2; Luke 6:35; 2 Kings 6:8–9; Luke 10:29–37
- 24 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Kings 17:5; 1 Kings 22:31; Ecclesiastes 9:14; Deuteronomy 28:52
- 25 Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 14:18; 2 Kings 6:28–29; Jeremiah 14:13–15; Jeremiah 32:24
- 26 2 Samuel 14:4; Isaiah 10:3; Luke 18:3; Acts 21:28
- 27 Psalm 118:8–9; Psalm 124:1–3; Psalm 146:3; Psalm 62:8; Jeremiah 17:5
- 28 2 Samuel 14:5; Leviticus 26:29; Judges 18:23; Lamentations 4:10; Luke 23:29
- 29 Deuteronomy 28:53; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:57; 1 Kings 3:26; Isaiah 66:13
- 30 1 Kings 21:27; Isaiah 58:5–7; 2 Kings 5:7; 2 Kings 19:1
- 31 Ruth 1:17; 1 Kings 19:2; Acts 23:12–13; Jeremiah 38:4; 1 Kings 2:23
- 32 Ezekiel 14:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 20:1; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13–14
- 33 Job 2:9; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 50:10; Psalm 37:9; Job 1:21
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And he cut down a tree, and cast it in there, and the iron floated." This was a sign that souls should be borne aloft (anagoges psuchon) through the instrumentality of wood, upon which He suffered who can lead those souls aloft that follow His ascension.