2 Kings 6:31-33

International Standard Version

³¹ He said, “May God do to me—and more also!—if the head of Shaphat’s son Elisha remains on his shoulders^[a] today!”

³² Meanwhile, Elisha was sitting in his house, along with the elders, when the king^[b] sent a man to kill him,^[c] but before the messenger arrived, Elisha^[d] told the elders, “Are you watching how this descendant of murderers has ordered my head be cut off? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it to shut them out! Don’t you hear the sound of his master’s feet right behind him?”

³³ While he was still talking with them, the messenger arrived to see him and delivered the king’s message to Elisha,^[e] “Look! This evil has come from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord anymore?”