² The officer on whose arm the king was leaning^(A) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates^(B) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat^(C) any of it!”

¹⁹ The officer had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates^(A) of the heavens, could this happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

²⁰ And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.