Hello and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
we're reading from the book of
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2nd Kings. We were reading the
story of Naaman the last time we
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were together, and we're
just about to conclude that now;
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but before we read,
let's pray together.
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Dear Lord thank you
that just as you washed
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and cleansed Naaman from
his leprosy you've washed and
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cleansed us from our sin and the
death that came because of it.
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Please send your Holy Spirit in
a special way now to make these
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words become life and light and
bread and meat and a guidance
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to us in the ways that we are
walking, that we will walk more
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closely with you. We love
you so much and thank you for
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loving us. Amen
Naaman had been cured of his
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leprosy and had gone back to
the prophet Elisha to bring him
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gifts; but Elisha had refused
those gifts and so Naaman had
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departed on his way to go home.
We're going to pick up the story
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there. We're in 2nd Kings,
chapter 5, beginning in verse 20
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But Gehazi, the servant
of Elisha the man of God,
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said, Behold, my master
has spared Naaman the Syrian
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in not receiving at his
hand that which he brought:
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but, as the Lord liveth, I will
run after him, and take somewhat
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of him. So Gehazi followed after
Naaman. And when Naaman saw him
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running after him, he lighted
down from the chariot to meet
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him, and said, Is all well? And
he said, All is well. My master
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hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me
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from mount Ephraim two young
men of the sons of the prophets:
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give them, I pray thee, a talent
of silver, and two changes of
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garments. And Naaman said,
Be content, take two talents.
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And he urged him, and bound
two talents of silver in 2 bags,
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and two changes of garments and
laid them upon 2 of his servants
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and they bare them before him.
And when he came to the tower
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he took them from their hand,
and bestowed them in the house:
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and he let the men go, and they
departed. But he went in, and
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stood before his master.
And Elisha said unto him,
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Whence comest thou, Gehazi?
And he said, Thy servant went
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no whither. And he said unto
him, Went not mine heart with
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thee, when the man turned again
from his chariot to meet thee?
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Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments,
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and oliveyards, and
vineyards, and sheep, and oxen,
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and menservants,
and maidservants?
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The leprosy therefore of
Naaman shall cleave unto thee,
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and unto thy seed for ever. And
he went out from his presence
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a leper as white as snow.
Continuing now in 2nd Kings,
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chapter 6, and this is
the King James Version.
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And the sons of the prophets
said unto Elisha, Behold now,
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the place where we dwell
with thee is too strait for us.
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Let us go, we pray thee,
unto Jordan, and take thence
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every man a beam, and
let us make us a place there,
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where we may dwell.
And he answered, Go ye.
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And one said, Be content, I pray
thee, and go with thy servants.
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And he answered, I will
go. So he went with them.
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And when they came to
Jordan, they cut down wood.
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But as one was felling a beam,
the axe head fell into the water
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and he cried, and said, Alas,
master! for it was borrowed.
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And the man of God said,
Where fell it? And he shewed him
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the place. And he cut down a
stick, and cast it in thither;
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and the iron did
swim. Therefore said he,
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Take it up to thee. And he
put out his hand, and took it.
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Then the king of Syria warred
against Israel, and took counsel
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with his servants,
saying, In such and such a place
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shall be my camp. And the
man of God sent unto the king
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of Israel, saying, Beware
that thou pass not such a place;
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for thither the Syrians are come
down. And the king of Israel
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sent to the place which the man
of God told him and warned him
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of, and saved himself
there not once nor twice.
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Therefore the heart of the
king of Syria was sore troubled
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for this thing; and he called
his servants, and said unto them
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Will ye not shew me which of
us is for the king of Israel?
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And one of his servants
said, None, my lord, O king:
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but Elisha, the prophet that is
in Israel, telleth the king of
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Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber.
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And he said, Go and spy where
he is, that I may send and fetch
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him. And it was told him,
saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
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Therefore sent he thither horses
and chariots, and a great host:
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and they came by night,
and compassed the city about.
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And when the servant of
the man of God was risen early,
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and gone forth, behold, an host
compassed the city both with
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horses and chariots. And
his servant said unto him, Alas,
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my master! how shall we
do? And he answered, Fear not:
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for they that be with us are
more than they that be with them
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And Elisha prayed, and said,
Lord I pray thee, open his eyes,
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that he may see. And the Lord
opened the eyes of the young man
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and he saw: and, behold,
the mountain was full of horses
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and chariots of fire round about
Elisha. And when they came down
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to him, Elisha prayed unto the
Lord and said, Smite this people
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I pray thee with blindness.
And he smote them with blindness
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according to the word of Elisha.
And Elisha said unto them,
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This is not the way, neither is
this the city: follow me, and I
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will bring you to the man
whom ye seek. But he led them
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to Samaria. And it came to pass,
when they were come into Samaria
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that Elisha said, Lord, open the
eyes of these men, that they may
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see. And the Lord opened their
eyes, and they saw: and behold,
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they were in the midst of
Samaria. And the king of Israel
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said unto Elisha, when he saw
them, My father, shall I smite
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them? shall I smite them?
And he answered, Thou shalt not
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smite them: wouldest thou
smite those whom thou hast taken
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captive with thy sword, and with
thy bow? set bread and water
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before them, that they may eat
and drink and go to their master
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And he prepared great provision
for them: and when they had
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eaten and drunk, he sent them
away, and they went to their
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master. So the bands of
Syria came no more into the land
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of Israel. And it came to
pass after this, that Benhadad
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king of Syria gathered all his
host, and went up, and besieged
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Samaria. And there was a great
famine in Samaria: and behold,
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they besieged it, until an ass's
head was sold for fourscore
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pieces of silver, and the fourth
part of a cab of dove's dung
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for 5 pieces of silver. And as
the king of Israel was passing
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by upon the wall, there cried
a woman unto him, saying, Help,
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my lord, O king. And he said,
If the Lord do not help thee,
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whence shall I help thee? out
of the barnfloor, or out of the
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winepress? And the king
said unto her, What aileth thee?
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and she answered, This woman
said unto me, Give thy son,
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that we may eat him today,
and we will eat my son tomorrow.
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So we boiled my son, and did eat
him: and I said unto her on the
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next day, Give thy son, that
we may eat him: and she hath hid
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her son. And it came to pass,
when the king heard the words
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of the woman, that he rent his
clothes; and he passed by upon
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the wall, and the people looked
and behold he had sackcloth
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within upon his flesh. Then
he said, God do so and more also
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to me, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand
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on him this day. But Elisha sat
in his house, and the elders sat
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with him; and the king
sent a man from before him:
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but ere the messenger came
to him, he said to the elders,
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See ye how this son of a
murderer hath sent to take away
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mine head? look when
the messenger cometh,
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shut the door, and
hold him fast at the door:
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is not the sound of his
master's feet behind him?
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And while he yet talked
with them, behold, the messenger
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came down unto him: and he said,
Behold, this evil is of the Lord
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what should I wait
for the Lord any longer?
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We're continuing in the
book of 2nd Kings, chapter 7.
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This is the King James Version.
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Then Elisha said, Hear
ye the word of the Lord;
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Thus saith the Lord, Tomorrow
about this time shall a measure
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of fine flour be sold for
a shekel, and two measures of
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barley for a shekel,
in the gate of Samaria.
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Then a lord on whose hand the
king leaned answered the man of
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God, and said, Behold, if
the Lord would make windows
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in heaven, might this thing be?
And he said, Behold, thou shalt
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see it with thine eyes,
but shalt not eat thereof.
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And there were 4 leprous men
at the entering in of the gate:
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and they said one to another,
Why sit we here until we die?
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If we say, We will enter
into the city, then the famine
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is in the city, and we shall die
there: and if we sit still here,
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we die also. Now therefore come,
and let us fall unto the host
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of the Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall live and if they
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kill us, we shall but die. And
they rose up in the twilight,
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to go into the camp of the
Syrians: and when they were
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come to the uttermost part
of the camp of Syria, behold,
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there was no man there. For the
Lord had made the host of the
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Syrians to hear a noise of
chariots, and a noise of horses,
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even the noise of a great host:
and they said one to another,
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Lo, the king of Israel
hath hired against us the kings
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of the Hittites, and the kings
of the Egyptians to come upon us
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Wherefore they arose, and fled
in the twilight, and left their
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tents, and their horses, and
their asses, even the camp as
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it was, and fled for their
life. And when these lepers came
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to the uttermost part of the
camp, they went into one tent,
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and did eat and drink, and
carried thence silver, and gold,
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and raiment, and went and hid
it; and came again, and entered
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into another tent, and carried
thence also and went and hid it.
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Then they said, one to another,
We do not well: this day
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is a day of good tidings, and
we hold our peace: if we tarry
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till the morning light,
some mischief will come upon us:
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now therefore come, that we may
go and tell the king's household
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So they came and called
unto the porter of the city:
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and they told them, saying, We
came to the camp of the Syrians,
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and behold, there was no
man there, neither voice of man,
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but horses tied, and asses tied,
and the tents as they were.
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And he called the porters; and
they told it to the king's house
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within. And the king arose
in the night, and said unto his
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servants, I will now shew you
what the Syrians have done to us
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They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out
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of the camp to hide
themselves in the field, saying,
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When they come out of the
city, we shall catch them alive,
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and get into the city. And
one of his servants answered
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and said, Let some take, I pray
thee, five of the horses that
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remain, which are left in the
city. Behold, they are as all
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the multitude of the
Israel that are left in it:
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behold, I say, they are
even as all the multitude
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of the Israelites that
are consumed: and let us send
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and see. They took therefore
two chariot horses; and the king
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sent after the host of the
Syrians, saying, Go and see.
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And they went after them unto
Jordan: and, lo, all the way
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was full of garments and
vessels, which the Syrians
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had cast away in their haste.
And the messengers returned,
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and told the king. And the
people went out, and spoiled
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the tents of the Syrians. So
a measure of fine flour was sold
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for a shekel, and 2 measures of
barley for a shekel, according
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to the word of the Lord.
And the king appointed the lord
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on whose hand he leaned
to have charge of the gate:
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and the people trode upon
him in the gate, and he died,
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as the man of God had said, who
spake when the king came down
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to him. And it came to pass
as the man of God had spoken to
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the king, saying, Two
measures of barley for a shekel,
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and a measure of fine flour
for a shekel, shall be tomorrow
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about this time in the gate of
Samaria: And the Lord answered
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the man of God, and said, Now
behold, if the Lord should make
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windows in heaven, might such
a thing be? And he said, Behold,
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thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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And so it fell out unto him:
for the people trode upon him
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in the gate, and he
died. Continuing in the book of
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2nd Kings, chapter 8,
This is the King James Version.
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Then spake Elisha unto the
woman whose son he had restored
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to life, saying, Arise, and
go thou and thine household,
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and sojourn wheresoever thou
canst sojourn: for the Lord hath
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called for a famine; and it
shall also come upon the land
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seven years. And the woman
arose, and did after the saying
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of the man of God: and she went
with her household and sojourned
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in the land of the Philistines
7 years. And it came to pass
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at the y years' end, that the
woman returned out of the land
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of the Philistines: and she went
forth to cry unto the king for
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her house and for her land.
And the king talked with Gehazi
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the servant of the man of
God, saying, Tell me I pray thee
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all the great things that Elisha
hath done. And it came to pass,
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as he was telling the king
how he had restored a dead body
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to life, that, behold, the
woman, whose son he had restored
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to life, cried to the king
for her house and for her land.
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And Gehazi said, My lord,
O king, this is the woman,
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and this is her son,
whom Elisha restored to life.
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And when the king asked
the woman, she told him.
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So the king appointed unto her a
certain officer, saying, Restore
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all that was hers, and all
the fruits of the field since
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the day that she left
the land, even until now.
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And Elisha came to Damascus;
and Benhadad the king of Syria
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was sick; and it was told him
saying, The man of God is come
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hither. Thank you for joining
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with me to read today. Please
come and join with me again.
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Until next time,
God Bless. Goodbye.
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