2 Kings 3

[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the

eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

[2] And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,

and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had

made.

[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

[4] And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of

Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the

wool.

[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled

against the king of Israel.

[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all

Israel.

[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king

of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to

battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy

people, and my horses as thy horses.

[8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through

the wilderness of Edom.

[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of

Edom:

and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water

for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

[10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these

three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

[11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we

may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants

answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on

the hands of Elijah.

[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of

Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

[13] And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?

get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.

And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these

three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

[14] And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,

surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of

Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

[15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel

played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

[16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

[17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see

rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both

ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

[18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver

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 wells of water, and mar every good piece

of land with stones.

[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered,

that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was

filled with water.

[21] 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.

[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] 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 Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to

their own land.



2 Kings 4



The Widow's Olive Oil



1 (2Ki 2:3; Lev 25:39-41) Now one of the wives of the sons of the prophets

cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that

your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take

my two sons as slaves."

2 (1Ki 17:12) Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you?

Tell me, what do you have in the house?"

She said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."

3 Then he said, "Go, ask for vessels from all your neighbors,

empty vessels and not just a few.

4 Then go in, shut the door behind you and your sons,

and pour the oil into all these vessels. When each is full, set it aside."

5 So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons,

and they kept bringing vessels to her, and she kept pouring.

6 (Mt 14:20) When the vessels were full, she said to her son,

"Bring me another vessel."

But he said to her, "There is not another vessel." And the oil ceased.

7 Then she went and told the man of God. And he said,

"Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your children can live

on the rest."



[1] Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of 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 is come to take unto him my

two sons to be bondmen.

[2] And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast

thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the

house, save a pot of 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 unto 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.



Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son



8 (Jos 19:18; 2Sa 19:32) One day Elisha passed through Shunem,

and a noble woman was there who urged him to eat a meal.

So whenever he passed through, he stopped there to eat a meal.

9 And she said to her husband, "I know that he is a holy man of God regularly

passing through near us.

10 (Ro 12:13; Mt 10:41-42) Let us make a little walled upper room

and put for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp,

so when he comes to us he can stay there."

11 One day he came by there, and he turned aside

to the upper room and lay down.

12 (2Ki 8:4-5; 4:29-31) He said to Gehazi his servant,

"Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her and she stood before him.

13 (2Sa 19:13) He said to him, "Say to her, Look, you have gone to all

this trouble for us. What may be done for you? Would you have a word

spoken on your behalf to the king, or to the captain of the army?"

And she answered, "I am living among my people."

14 He said, "What may be done for her?"

And Gehazi said, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old."

15 He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the entrance.

16 (2Ki 4:28; Ge 17:21) He said, "At this season, when it is time,

you will embrace a son."

And she said, "No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to your servant."

17 But the woman conceived and bore a son at that season,

at the time that Elisha had told her.

18 When the child was older, he went out one day

to his father with the reapers.

19 He said to his father, "My head, my head!"

And he said to a servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother,

the boy sat on her knees until noon, and died.

21 (2Ki 4:32) She went up, and laid him down on the bed of the man of God,

shut the door on him, and went out.

22 Then she called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants

and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return."

23 (Nu 10:10; 28:11) He said, "Why are you going to him today?

It is neither New Moon nor Sabbath."

She said, "It will be all right."

24 Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant,

"Lead on, and do not hold back for me unless I tell you."

25 (2Ki 2:25) So she went and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.

And when the man of God saw her far off, he said to Gehazi his servant,

"Look, over there is the Shunammite woman.

26 Now run to meet her, and say to her, Are you all right?

Is your husband all right? Is the child all right?"

And she said, "It is all right."

27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain,

she grabbed his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away.

But the man of God said, "Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress,

and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me."

28 Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord?

Did I not say, Do not give me false hope?"

29 (2Ki 2:14; Ex 14:16; 1Ki 18:46) Then he said to Gehazi, "Prepare yourself,

take my staff in your hand, and go. If you find anyone, do not greet him,

and if anyone greets you, do not answer him, and lay my staff

on the face of the boy."

30 (2Ki 2:2; 2:4) Then the boy's mother said, "As the Lord lives,

and as you live, I will not leave without you."

And he got up and followed her.

31 (Jn 11:11) Gehazi passed through ahead of them and laid the staff

on the face of the boy, but there was no sound or response.

So he returned to meet him and told him, "The boy is not awake."

32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw that the boy was dead,

lying on his bed.

33 (Mt 6:6; 2Ki 4:4) So he went in, and shut the door on the two of them,

and prayed to the Lord.

34 (1Ki 17:21; Ac 20:10) He went up and lay on the child, put his face

on his face, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands.

Then he bent over the child, and the child's flesh warmed.

35 (2Ki 8:5) Then he got down, walked once back and forth in the house,

and went up, and bent over him; the boy sneezed seven times,

and the boy opened his eyes.

36 (Heb 11:35) Then Elisha called Gehazi and said,

"Call the Shunammite woman." So he called her, and she came to him.

Then he said, "Pick up your son."

37 Then she came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down to the ground.

Then she picked up her son and went out.