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The Moabites defeated.

895.

II. KINGS.

Bofore the sight of the LORD: he will deCHRIST liver the Moabites also into your hand. 19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all + Heb. grieve. Wells of water, and † mar every good piece of land with stones.

20 And it came to pass in the mornqEx.29.39,40.ing, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 21 T And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they † gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

+ Heb. were

cried togeth

+ Heb. gird himself with a girdle.

↑ Heb.

destroyal.

Or, they smote in it even smiting.

+ Heb. until he left the stones there of in Kir haraseth. rIs. 16. 7, 11.

Amos 2, 1.

t ch. 8. 20.

a1 Kin.20.35.

22 And they rose up early in the
morning, and the sun shone upon
the water, and the Moabites saw the
water on the other side as red as
blood:

23 And they said, This is blood:
the kings are surely slain, and
they have smitten one another: now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
24 And when they came to the
camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and smote the Moabites, so that they
fled before them: but they went
forward smiting the Moabites, even
in their country.

25 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.

26 T And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

27 Then he took his eldest son
that should have reigned in his
stead, and offered him for a burnt
offering upon the wall. And there
was great indignation against Is-
rael: and they departed from him,
and returned to their own land.

CHAPTER IV.
1 Elisha multiplieth the widow's oil. 8
He giveth a son to the good Shunam
mite. 18 He raiseth again her dead son.
38 At Gilgal he healeth the deadly pot-
tage. 42 He satisfleth a hundred men
with twenty loaves.

NOT

OW there cried a certain woman of the wives of a the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor 1. See Lev. 25. is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

39.

Matt, 19, 25.

2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she

The widow's oil multiplied.

Before

said, Thine handmaid hath not any
thing in the house, save a pot of CHRIST

oil.

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee. and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

5 So she went from him, and shut
the door upon her and upon her
sons, who brought the vessels to
her; and she poured out.

6 And it came to pass, when the
vessels were full, that she said un-
to her son, Bring me yet a vessel.
And he said unto her, There is not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man
of God. And he said, Go, sell the
oil, and pay thy || debt, and live thou
and thy children of the rest.

8 T And fit fell on a day, that
Elisha passed to d Shunem, where
was a great woman; and she † con-
strained him to eat bread. And so
it was, that as oft as he passed by,
he turned in thither to eat bread.
9 And she said unto her husband,
Behold now, I perceive that this is
a holy man of God, which passeth
by us continually.

10 Let us make a little chamber,
I pray thee, on the wall; and let us
set for him there a bed, and a table,
and a stool, and a candlestick: and
it shall be, when he cometh to us,
that he shall turn in thither.

11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldcst thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

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II. KINGS.

grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she Heb. peace. said, It shall be f well.

+ Heb. restrain not for me to ride. gch. 2. 25,

24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught +Heb. by his him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

feet. Matt. 28. 9. + Heb. bitter, 1 min. 1. 10.

i ver. 16.

il Kin. 18.46. ch. 9. 1.

28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? h did I not say, Do not deceive me?

29 Then he said to Gehazi, i Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, ksalute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not 1 See Ex. 7.19. again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

k Luke 10. 4.

& 14. 16. ch. 2. 8, 14. Acts 19. 12. m ch. 2. 2.

30 And the mother of the child said, mAs the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor thearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and n John 11. 11. told him, saying, The child is "not awaked.

+ Heb. attention.

o ver. 4. Matt, G. 6. pl Kin.17.20,

32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

raised to life by Elisha.

Before

895.

the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his CHRIST eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

q1 Kin. 17.21. Acts 20, 10.

Heb. once hither, and once thither. r1 Kin. 17.21. s ch. 8. 1, 5.

37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and 1 Kin, 17.23. went out.

38 ¶ And Elisha came again to "Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

Heb. 11. 35.

about 891.

ach. 2. 1. x ch. 8. 1.

y ch. 2. 3. Luke 10. 39. Acts 22. 3.

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were cating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is "death in the pot. And Ex. 10. 17. they could not eat thereof.

41 But he said, Then bring meal. And "he cast it into the pot; and he see Ex. 15. said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no tharm in the pot.

25.
cb. 2. 21. &
5. 10.
John 9. 6.

+ Heb. evil
thing.

b1 Sam. 9. 4.

42 And there came a man from b Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that or, in his they may eat.

43 And his servitor said, d What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, fand left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

e1 Sam. 9. 7. 1 Cor. 9. 11. Gal. 6. 6.

scrip, or,
garment.

d Luke 9. 13. John 6. 9.

Luke 9. 17.

John 6. 11.

Matt. 14.20.

& 1.5. 37. John 6. 13.

about 804.

1 Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, CHAPTER V. is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy. 8 Elisha, sending him to Jordan, cureth him. 15 He refusing Naaman's gifts granteth him some of the earth. 20 Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy. TOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was ba great man † with his master, and thonourable, because by him the LORD had given | deliverance unto Or, victory.

33 He went in therefore, and shut NW the door upon them twain, "and prayed unto the LORD.

34 And he went up, and lay upon

a Luke 4. 27. b Ex. 11.3. + Heb. before. Or, gracious. + Heb. lifted

up, or. accepted in countenance,

Naaman cometh to Samaria.

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about 894.

+ Heb. was before. + Heb, before.

+Heb. gather

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2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she † waited on Naaman's wife.

3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were t with the prophet that is in Samaria for he Would † recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the King of Israel. And he departed, and took twith him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of +Heb. in his gold, and ten changes of raiment.

c 1 Sam. 9. 8. ch. 8, 8, 9.

hant

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I d God, to kill and to make Deut. 32. 39. alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against

d Gen. 30. 2. 1 Sam. 2. 6.

mc.

8 T And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Isracl.

9 So Nauman caine with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger eSee ch. 4.41. unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

John 9.7.

+ Heb. I said. Or, I said with myself, He will surdly come out, fc. + Heb, move up and down

1 Or, Amana.

f Job 33, 25.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and † strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12 Are not | Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be cleau? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and fhis flesh came again

Before CHRIST about 894.

g Luke 4. 27.

15 T And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the carth, h Dan. 2. 47. but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take ia blessing of thy servant.

16 But he said, kAs the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him ta little way.

20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, † Is all well?

22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

25 But he went in, and stood bcfore his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gohazi? And he said, Thy servant went † no whither.

26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to re

& 3. 29. & 0. 26, 27. iGen. 33. 11.

keh. 3. 14. 1Gen. 14. 23.

See Matt. 10.

8.

Acts 8. 18,20.

mch. 7. 2, 17

+Heb. clit the piece of ground, as Gen. 35. 15

+ Heb. Is there pesos!

Or, særd place.

↑ Heb not kither or thither.

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CHAPTER VI.

The Syrians struck blind.

And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and at great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host compassed the city both with horses and chari

Before CHRIST about 803.

e Gen. 37, 17.

Heb. Acavy.

Or. manioter.

1 Elisha, giving leave to the young proph-ots. And his servant said unto him,
ets to enlarge their dwellings, caus-
eth iron to swim. 8 He discloseth the
king of Syria's counsel. 13 The army,
which was sent to Dothan to apprehend
Elisha, is smitten with blindness. 19
Being brought into Samaria, they are
dismissed in peace. 24 The famine in
Samaria causeth women to eat their own

Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for
d they that be with us are more than 42 Chr. 32. 7.
they that be with them.

children. 30 The king sendeth to slay

Elisha.

about 893. AND the sons of the prophets

ach. 4. 39.

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said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the taxe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And bhe cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mount

P. 65. 18. Rom. 8. 31.

ain was full of horses and chariotsch. 2.11.

of fire round about Elisha.

P. 24, 7. & 69. 17. Zech. 1. 8. & 6.1-7.

18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And the smote Gen. 19. 11. them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

19 T And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bringt Heb. come you to the man whom ye seek. But ye after me. he led them to Samaria.

20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive 8 T Then the king of Syria war-with thy sword and with thy bow? red against Israel, and took coun-set bread and water before them, Rom, 12, 20. sel with his servants, saying, In that they may eat and drink, and go such and such a place shall be my to their master. Il camp.

9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?

12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

13 T And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. I

23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the h ch. 6. 2. bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

24 T And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathcred all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king,

27 And he said, "If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help

ver. 8, 9.

about 892.

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the LORD
save thee,

Elisha prophesieth

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thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of CHRIST the winepress?

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28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29 So i we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the f next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her

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a ver. 18, 19,

33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him and he said, Be hold, this evil is of the LORD; Pwhat should I wait for the LORD any longer?

CHAPTER VII.

1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 3 Four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight. 12 The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoileth the tents of the Syrians. 17 The lord, who would not believe the prophecy of plenty, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to death in the press.

about 892. THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

bver, 17, 19, 20.

which be

2 b Then ta lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

Heb. a lord long to the king leaning upon his hand. ch, 5. 18. Mal. 3. 10. 3 And there were four leprous d Lev. 13. 48. men dat the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto

incredible plenty.

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the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they CHRIST kill us, we shall but die.

5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

about 892.

e2 Sam. 5. 24 eh. 19. 7. Job 15, 21.

fl Kin, 10,29,

Prov. 28, 1

7 Wherefore they arose and fled P. 48. 4,5,6 in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, † some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

12 T And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full

+ Heb. we shall find punishment

↑ Heb. in it.

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