Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
for joining with me again today.
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We're reading one of my
favorite stories in the bible,
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but before we
continue, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you so much
for your blessings. Thank you
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for the blessings you
give us that we are aware of,
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and for the many
blessings that we don't notice
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the way we should. Please
open our eyes and make us more
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grateful, and then help us to
find ways to pass your blessing
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on to others. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Please be with us
now as we read. Amen.
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The story that we're
reading is found in 2nd Kings.
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And it's the story of how the
king of Israel and the king of
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Edom, and king Jehoshaphat went
out to make war with the king of
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Moab and they got lost in
the desert. And as they were
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lost with all of their armies,
and all of their animals,
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they called for a prophet of the
Lord and Elisha came and said to
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them, Make this valley full
of ditches and you won't see
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wind and you won't see rain,
but valley is going to flow with
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water. You're not going to see
any natural reason for it, but
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God is going to provide a
blessing for you and he says
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this is a small thing for the
Lord. Let's continue reading,
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2nd Kings, chapter 3,
and beginning with verse 18.
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This is the King James Version.
And this is but a light thing
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in the sight of the Lord:
he will deliver the Moabites
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also into your hand. And ye
shall smite every fenced city,
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and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop
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all wells of water, and
mar every good piece of land
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with stones. And it came to pass
in the morning, when the meat
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offering was offered, that,
behold, there came water by
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the way of Edom, and the
country was filled with water.
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And when all the Moabites
heard that the kings were come
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up to fight against them, they
gathered all that were able to
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put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
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And they rose up early in
the morning, and the sun shone
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upon the water, and
the Moabites saw the water
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on the other side as
red as blood: And they said,
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This is blood: the kings
are surely slain, and they have
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smitten one another: now
therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
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And when they came to the camp
of Israel, the Israelites rose
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up and smote the Moabites,
so that they fled before them:
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but they went forward smiting
the Moabites, even in their
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country. And they beat down the
cities, and on every good piece
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of land cast every man his stone
and filled it; and they stopped
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all the wells of water
and felled all the good trees:
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only in Kirharaseth left
they the stones thereof, howbeit
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the slingers went about it, and
smote it. And when the king of
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Moab saw that the battle was too
sore for him, he took with him
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700 men that drew swords, to
break through even unto the king
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of Edom: but they could
not. Then he took his eldest son
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that should have reigned in
his stead, and offered him for a
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burnt offering upon the wall.
And there was great indignation
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against Israel and they departed
from him, and returned to their
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own land.
Continuing in 2nd Kings,
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chapter 4, this is
the King James Version.
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Now their cried a certain
woman of the wives of the sons
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of the prophets unto Elisha,
saying, Thy servant my husband
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is dead; and thou knowest that
thy servant did fear the Lord:
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and the creditor is come
to take unto him my two sons
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to be bondmen. And Elisha
said unto her, What shall I do
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for thee? tell me,
what hast thou in the house?
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And she said, Thine handmaid
hath not anything in the house,
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save a pot of oil. Then he said,
Go, borrow thee vessels abroad
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of all thy neighbors, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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and when thou art come in, thou
shalt shut the door upon thee
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and upon thy sons, and shalt
pour out into all those vessels,
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and thou shalt set aside that
which is full. So she went from
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him and shut the door upon her
and upon her sons, who brought
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the vessels to her; and she
poured out. And it came to pass,
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when the vessels were full,
that she said unto her son,
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bring me yet a vessel. And
he said unto her, There is not a
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vessel more and the oil stayed.
Then she came and told the man
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of God. And he said, Go,
sell the oil, and pay thy debt,
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and live thou and
thy children of the rest.
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And it fell on a day,
that Elisha passed to Shunem,
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where was a great woman; and she
constrained him to eat bread.
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And so it was, that as oft as he
passed by, he turned in thither
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to eat bread. And she said
unto her husband, Behold now,
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I perceive that this is an holy
man of God, which passeth by us
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continually. Let us make a
little chamber, I pray thee,
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on the wall; and let us set for
him there a bed, and a table,
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and a stool, and a candlestick:
and it shall be, when he cometh
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to us, that he shall turn in
thither. And it fell on a day,
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that he came thither, and
he turned into the chamber,
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and lay there. And he
said to Gehazi his servant,
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Call this Shunammite. And when
he had called her, she stood
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before him. And he said
unto him, Say now unto her,
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Behold, thou hast been careful
for us with all this care;
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what is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken for
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to the king, or to
the captain of the host?
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And she answered, I dwell among
mine own people. And he said,
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What then is to be done
for her? And Gehazi answered,
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Verily she hath no child, and
her husband is old. And he said,
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Call her. And
when he had called her,
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she stood in the door. And
he said, About this season,
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according to the time of
life, thou shalt embrace a son.
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And she said, Nay, my lord,
thou man of God, do not lie
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unto thine handmaid. And the
woman conceived, and bare a son
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at that season that Elisha had
said unto her, according to the
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time of life. And when the child
was grown, it fell on a day,
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that he went out to
his father to the reapers.
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And he said unto his father,
My head, my head. And he said
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to a lad, Carry him to his
mother. And when he had taken
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him and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees
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till noon, and then died.
And she went up, and laid him
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on the bed of the man of
God, and shut the door upon him,
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and went out. And she called
unto her husband, and said,
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Send me, I pray thee, one of
the young men, and one of the
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asses, that I may run to
the man of God, and come again.
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And he said, Wherefore
wilt thou go to him today?
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it is neither new moon,
nor sabbath. And she said,
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It shall be well. Then she
saddled an ass, and said to
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her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding
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for me, except I bid thee. So
she went and came unto the man
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of God to mount Carmel. And
it came to pass, when the man of
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God saw her afar off, that
he said to Gehazi his servant,
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Behold, yonder is
that Shunammite: Run now,
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I pray thee, to meet her,
and say unto her, Is it well
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with thee? is it well with
thy husband? is it well with
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the child? And she answered,
It is well. And when she came
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to the man of God to the hill,
she caught him by the feet:
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but Gehazi came near to thrust
her away. And the man of God
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said, Let her alone; for
her soul is vexed within her:
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and the Lord hath hid it
from me, and hath not told me.
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Then she said, Did I desire a
son of my lord? did I not say,
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Do not deceive me? Then he said
to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins,
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and take my staff in thine hand
and go thy way: if thou meet
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and man, salute him not; and if
any salute thee, answer him not
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again, and lay my staff
upon the face of the child.
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And the mother of the
child said, As the Lord liveth,
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and as thy soul liveth, I will
not leave thee. And he arose,
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and followed her. And
Gehazi passed on before them,
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and laid the staff
upon the face of the child;
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but there was neither voice,
nor hearing. Wherefore he went
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again to meet him, and told him
saying The child is not awakened
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And when Elisha was come into
the house, behold, the child was
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dead, and laid upon his bed.
He went in therefore, and shut
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the door upon them
twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
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and he went up, and lay upon
the child, and put his mouth
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upon his mouth, and his eyes
upon his eyes, and his hands
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upon his hands: and he stretched
himself upon the child;
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and the flesh of the child
waxed warm. Then he returned,
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and walked in the house to and
fro; and went up, and stretched
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himself upon him: and the child
sneezed 7 times, and the child
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opened his eyes. And he called
Gehazi, and said, Call this
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Shunammite. So he called her.
And when she was come in unto
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him, he said, Take up they son.
Then she went in, and fell at
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his feet, and bowed herself to
the ground, and took up her son,
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and went out. And Elisha came
again to Gilgal: and there was a
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dearth in the land; and the sons
of the prophets were sitting
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before him: and he said unto his
servant, Set on the great pot,
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and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. And one went
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out into the field to gather
herbs, and found a wild vine,
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and gathered therof wild gourds
his lap full, and came and shred
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them into the pot of
pottage: for they knew them not.
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So they poured out for the
men to eat. And it came to pass,
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as they were eating of the
pottage, that they cried out,
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and said, O thou man of
God, there is death in the pot.
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And they could not eat thereof.
But he said, Then bring meal.
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and he cast it into the pot and
he said, Pour out for the people
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so that they may eat. And
there was no harm in the pot.
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And there came a man
from Baalshalisha, and brought
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the man of God bread of the
firstfruits, 20 loaves of barley
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and full ears of corn in the
husk thereof. And he said, give
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unto the people, that they
may eat. And his servitor said,
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What, should I set this before
hundred men? He said again,
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Give the people, that they may
eat: for thus saith the Lord,
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They shall eat, and shall leave
thereof. So he set it before
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them, and they did eat, and left
thereof, according to the word
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of the Lord.
Continuing in 2nd Kings,
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chapter 5. This is
the King James Version.
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Now Naaman, captain of
the host of the king of Syria,
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was a great man with his master
and honorable, because by him
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the Lord had given deliverance
unto Syria: he was also a mighty
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man in valor, but he was a
leper. And the Syrians had gone
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out by companies, and had
brought away captive out of
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the land of Israel a little maid
and she waited on Naaman's wife.
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And she said unto her mistress,
Would God my lord were with the
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prophet that is in Samaria!
for he would recover him of his
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leprosy. And one went in, and
told his lord, saying, Thus and
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thus said the maid that
is of the land of Israel.
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And the king of Syria said, Go
to, go, and I will send a letter
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unto the king of Israel. And
he departed, and took with him
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ten talents of silver,
and 6,000 pieces of gold,
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and 10 changes of raiment.
And he brought the letter
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to the king of Israel, saying,
Now when this letter is come
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unto thee, behold, I have
therewith sent Naaman my servant
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to thee, that thou mayest
recover him of his leprosy.
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And it came to pass, when
the king of Israel had read the
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letter, that he rent his clothes
and said, Am I God, to kill
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and to make alive, that this man
doth send unto me to recover a
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man of his leprosy? wherefore
consider, I pray you, and see
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how he seeketh a quarrel against
me. And it was so, when Elisha
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the man of God had heard that
the king of Israel had rent his
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clothes, that he sent to
the king, saying, Wherefore hast
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thou rent thy clothes? let
him come now to me, and he shall
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know that there is a prophet in
Israel. So Naaman came with his
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horses and with his chariot, and
stood at the door of the house
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of Elisha. And Elisha sent
a messenger unto him, saying,
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Go and wash in Jordan 7 times,
and thy flesh shall come again
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to thee, and thou shalt be
clean. But Naaman was wroth
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and went away, and said, Behold,
I thought, He will surely come
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out to me, and stand, and call
on the name of the Lord his God,
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and strike his hand over the
place, and recover the leper.
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Are not Abana and Pharpar,
rivers of Damascus, better than
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all the waters of Israel? may I
not wash in them, and be clean?
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So he turned and went away in a
rage. And his servants came near
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and spake unto him, and said,
My father, if the prophet had
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bid thee do some great thing,
wouldest thou not have done it?
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how much rather then,
when he saith to thee, Wash,
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and be clean? Then went he down,
and dipped himself seven times
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in Jordan, according to
the saying of the man of God:
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and his flesh came again like
unto the flesh of a little child
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and he was clean. And he
returned to the man of God,
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he and all his company, and came
and stood before him and he said
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Behold, now I know that there is
no God in all the earth, but in
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Israel: now therefore, I pray
thee, take a blessing of thy
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servant. But he said, As the
Lord liveth, before whom I stand
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I will receive none.
And he urged him to take it;
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but he refused. And Naaman said,
Shall there not then, I pray
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thee, be given to thy servant
2 mules' burden of earth?
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for thy servant will
henceforth offer neither
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burnt offering nor
sacrifice unto other gods,
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but unto the Lord. In
this thing the Lord pardon thy
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servant, that when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon
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to worship there, and he leaneth
on my hand, and I bow myself
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in the house of Rimmon: when I
bow down myself in the house of
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Rimmon, the Lord pardon
thy servant in this thing.
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And he said unto him, Go in
peace. So he departed from him
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a little way. Thank
you for joining with me.
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