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Today's Bible Reading :: 2 Kings 4 - 5 (KJV)

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2 Kings 4

The Widow's Oil

(cf. 1Ki 17:14–16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - 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.

The Shunammite Woman

(cf. 1Ki 17:17–24 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - 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? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

The Shunammite's Son

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - 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:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

The Poisonous Stew

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
(cf. Mat 14:13–21; 15:32–39 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - And there came a man from Baalshalisha, 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 they may eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 5

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - 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 with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make 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 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:8 - 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 Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Gehazi's Greed

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:15 - 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 earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:19 - And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:24 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - 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 receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
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