They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"

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?"

Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It shall also come on the land seven years."

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;