b 1 5, i Gen. 22, 2. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of Fak. 24, the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and kleb. 11, 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. m 23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to1 Chr. 23, day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, † It shall be well. Prov, 2, 34. 2 Tim. 4, 2. Heb. Peace, verse 26. n 1 Kings 13, 23. 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. Acts 10, $8. i Ezek. 21,3. k chap. 2, 5 Prov. 8, 34. Acts 22, 3. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, Luke 10, 59. 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. n 1 Mat. 13, 52 & 15, 14 Tim. 3,1s 1 Tim. 1, 7. 2 m Exod. 10, 17. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat: and it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot; and they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast n Exod. 15, it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, 25. that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. 1 Sam.,4 42 And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and P brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. 25 So she went, and came unto the man of God to 43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the before a hundred men? He said again, Give the peo1 Kings man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehaziple, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 27 And when she came to the man of God to the NOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Mat. 15. hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came Syria, was a great man with his master, and Ex. 11, 3 near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, honourable; because by him the LORD had given Let her alone; for her soult is vexed within her: and deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.in valour, but he was a leper. 28 Then she said, " Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? Prov. 14, 10. 32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and "shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. 34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his Acts 20, eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himself upon the child, and the flesh of the child waxed warm. c 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. e c Lev. 18, 8 2 Cor. 12, 7 d Ps. 123, 2 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my e 1 Cor. 1, lord were with the prophet that is ' in Samaria! for he 27, 28. would recover him of his leprosy. (1 Kings 16, 24. 4 And one went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. Job 1,13. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he de{parted, and took † with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and 'ten changes of raiment. 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. Before 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 chap. 1. know that there is a prophet in Israel. 16. & 3, 17, 19. p ch. 6, 32. Elisha causeth iron to swim. from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and Before he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. e CHRIST 10. cir. 894. 14, 16. 2 Cor. 11, 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his I uke 4,27. chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with e Jer. 20, 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, say- thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to Mat. 5, ch. 18, 19. ing, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to re- 1 Cor. 9, 12. Jolan 4, 50. flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt beceive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and 12 ☛ John 9, 7. 8 clean. sheep,andoxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? f 2 Sam. 3, Judg. 16, 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave 29. unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went & Num. 12 out from his presence a leper as white as snow. CHAPTER VI. 17. Verse 13. Acts 3, 12, 16 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not eurs, wash in them, and be clean? So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants ca ne near, and spake unto 1 Gen. 41, 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? 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 Run to myself in the house of Rimmon; when I bow down boden myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down 'a stick, 125 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. 8 I Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, g Pr. 24, f. and took counsel with his servants, saying, † In such Heb. Ple and such a place shall be my 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. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was || sore troubled for this thing; and he called s servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which troubled 19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he de-of us is for the king of Israel? don my parted from him a little way. 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 bed-chamber. and I bored 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when verse 17. Nadian saw him running after him, he lighted down di Tim., 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 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, P., 17. I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. 11. Gen. 19, Job 5, 19, 14. Mark 8, 24. S 19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city; follow me, and I will bring you Luke 24, 16. to the man whom ye seek. But 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. t ch. 2, 12. verse 31. Mat. 21, 15. & 27, 22. verse 23. Rom. 12, 20. Prov.25.21. x ch. 5, 2. ver. 8, 9, 10, 24. 892. y 1 Kings 20, 1, 42 21, 34. & ten pounds, 14. The Syrians' fight. CHRIST about this time, shall a measure of fine flour be sold Before for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. e d cir. 802. c ch. 6, 25. 2 Then a lord, on whose hand the king leaned, answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the d c. 5, 12. LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with Mais, thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. g e Gen. 7, 11. f Gen. 18, 14. 31 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why & verse 29. sit we here until we die? h Lev. 13, 46. i Gen. 20, 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and * if 11. we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, kEsth 4'6. and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 17. 3 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken cap-camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to 11. Sam sẽ tive with thy sword and with thy bow? "Set bread the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there and water before them, that they may eat and drink, was no man there. and go to their master. 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, Ex. 23, 13. behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold That is for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part 1 Chr. 2, of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon That is, the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, LAV. 14, 10. my lord, O king! 27 And he said, "If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barn-floor, or out of the wine-press? 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat Ezek. 9,4 with him: and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent i verse 12. to take away mine head? look, when the messenger Kings cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the Rev. 16, messenger came down unto him, and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? verses 7, 2 Ps. 119, 147 Prov. 7, 9. 7 Wherefore they arose, and fled in the twilight, o P3. 48, 4, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, Prov. 22, 1 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. p Mat. 13, illeb the bruther, CO. 9 Then they said † one to another, We do not well: man to his this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our Judg. 19, peace if we tarry till the morning light, some † mis- verse 6. chief will come upon us: now therefore come, that Ezek. 18,14, we may go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came, and called unto the porter of the city; and they told him, 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. 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, Gore, and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan; and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their || haste: and the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents brew word is put for of furni Num. 35,16. Esther 1, 7. several sorts 1sa. 22, 24 Property gas such hastincompanied with fear The unbelieving lord trodden to death. CHRIST 12. CHAPTER VIII....IX. Before of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold ir. 92. for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow, about this time, in the gate of Samaria: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but Num. 20, shalt not eat thereof. verse". 2 Chr. 20, 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people 'trode Jer. 17, 6. upon him in the gate, and he died. 20. 1 John 5,10. a ch. 4, 34. CHAPTER VIII. 1 The Shunammite, for Elisha's miracle's sake, hath her land restored by the king....16 Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah. HEN spake Elisha unto the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever e Ruth 1, 1. thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath "called for a Ps. 105, famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven b Gen. 8, 1. 16 e Gen. 41, 27. 2 Sam. 24, 13. 1 Tha. 5, ir. 865. g verse 6. 1 This histary seems years. 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 And the king || talked with Gehazi, the servant to be before of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. that o Naam chap. 5, 4. CHRIST Jehoram's wicked reign. do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds Before wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou Cir. 195. slay with the sword, and wilt dush their children, and rip up their women with child. 、 q Amos 18 r Ps. 22, 10 20. 13 And Hazael said, But what? is thy servant'a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha Mat. 7, 6, answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. Phil. 3, 2. 3 19, 15. 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? Kangs And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to pass "on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, so that he died; and Hazael reigned 19, 21. in his stead. U verse 13. Eccl. 8, 16. x Judges 4, Jer. 41, 1, 2. Mat. 26, 18. y 1 Kings chap. 3, 1 16 I And in the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of 22, 42. Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, began to reign. Psaim 1, 1. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, z Gen. 6, 12 as did the house of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 20. 2 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised to give him always a light, and to his children. a verse 2 2 1 King 11,6. c 1 Kings 1,12 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he arose by night, and smote the 36 Edomites which compassed him about, and the cap{tains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 2247. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of chap. 1, 2 Judah unto this day. Then 'Libnah revolted at the fJosh. 10, same time. e 1 Kings 1 Sam. 11. 11. h Gen. 27, 40. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he g1 Kings 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king did, are they not written in the book of the Chronihow he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold,cles of the kings of Judah? the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried 24 And Joram 'slept " with his fathers, and was 25am.8,14 to the king for her house and for her land. And Ge-buried with his fathers in the "city of David: and i Josh 21, & verse 1. hazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. this is her son whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field, since the day that she left the land, even until now. 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, 'Take a present Kings in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and 11 Kings inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I trecover of this disease? 4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. He killeth Joram. peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do Bore with peace? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the 6 And he arose, and went into the house: and he 14, 10. & 15, 29. Luke 18, 7. & 19, 2. g f e h 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab him that " pisseth against the Wall, and him that is 'shut up and left in Israel: k 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of 'Baasha the son of Ahijah: m 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the "portion 11 Kings of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door and fled. 16, 3. in 1 Kings 21, 23. 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: ver. 33, 36. and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came ver.21,25. this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Mat. 7,2 Ye know the man, and his communication. n Isa. 59, 15. Mark 3, 20. o Jer. 29,26. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And sea 9,7 he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus John 10, 20. saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his gar2 Cor. 5, 13. ment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, p Mat. 21,7. and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. Acts 17, 18. & 26, 24. 14 So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. qch. 8, 20. 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Ex.2.27. And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. 17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, † What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The Kings 17, messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. 19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it verse 19. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, u Cor. 6, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, 12 Co What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy Heb. 12, 14 mother Jezebel, and her witchcrafts. are so many? Lev. 17, 7 23 And Joram 'turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah! y 1 Kings 24 And Jehu † drew a bow with his full strength, Neb. 5, 4 and smote Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, 9. 11. Josh. 17, h1 Kings 19, 15. Kings 2 10. keb. 2, 2.25. 1 Jer. 4, 30 Ezek. 200 Rev. 2, 20 m 1 Kings 16, 28. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he "trode her under "ch. 7, 20 foot. 0 verse 16. Mal. 4, 3. o Prov. 10,7 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and "bury Isa. 5, 15. her for she is a kings daughter. p Eccl. 6, 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no 1 Kings more of her than the scull, and the feet, and the palms 16, 1. of her hands. r 21, 23. 36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which 2 King he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of 5 Job 31. 3 Jezebel: Acts 12, 21. 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as 'dung Ps. 83, 10 upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel: so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. |