Bible Reading and Study, July 5
July
5
2
Kings 1-3
2Ki
1:1 Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2Ki
1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that
was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to
them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall
recover of this sickness.
2Ki
1:3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go
up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is
it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal
Zebub, the god of Ekron?
2Ki
1:4 Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the
bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah departed.
2Ki
1:5 The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it
that you have returned?
2Ki
1:6 They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to
us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says
Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to
inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come
down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
2Ki
1:7 He said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
2Ki
1:8 They answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of
leather about his waist. He said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
2Ki
1:9 Then the king
sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and
behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man
of God, the king has said, Come down.
2Ki
1:10 Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God,
let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire
came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
2Ki
1:11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He
answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
2Ki
1:12 Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down
from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. The fire of God came
down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
2Ki
1:13 Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The
third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my
life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your
sight.
2Ki
1:14 Behold, fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two
former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be
precious in your sight.
2Ki
1:15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down with him: don't be
afraid of him. He arose, and went down with him to the king.
2Ki
1:16 He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent
messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall
not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely
die.
2Ki
1:17 So he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had
spoken. Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
2Ki
1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki
2:1 It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind
into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2Ki
2:2 Elijah said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me
as far as Bethel. Elisha said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul
lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.
2Ki
2:3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth to
Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away
your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know
it; hold your peace."
2Ki
2:4 Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has
sent me to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives,
I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.
2Ki
2:5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to
Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away
your master from your head today?" He answered, "Yes, I
know it. Hold your peace."
2Ki
2:6 Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent
me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your
soul lives, I will not leave you." They two went on.
2Ki
2:7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over
against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.
2Ki
2:8 Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the
waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went
over on dry ground.
2Ki
2:9 It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.
Elisha said, please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.
2Ki
2:10 He said, "You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when
I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not
be so."
2Ki
2:11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a
chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up
by a whirlwind into heaven.
2Ki
2:12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the
chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" He saw him no more: and he
took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
2Ki
2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and
went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
2Ki
2:14 He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the
waters, and said, "Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?"
When he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there;
and Elisha went over.
2Ki
2:15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against
him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha.
They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2Ki
2:16 They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty
strong men; let them go, please, and seek your master, lest the
Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or
into some valley. He said, You shall not send.
2Ki
2:17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They
sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but didn't find
him.
2Ki
2:18 They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said
to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?' "
2Ki
2:19 The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is
bad, and the land miscarries.
2Ki
2:20 He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought
it to him.
2Ki
2:21 He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt
therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters;
there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
2Ki
2:22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of
Elisha which he spoke.
2Ki
2:23 He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the
way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to
him, Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead.
2Ki
2:24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name
of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled
forty-two of those youths.
2Ki
2:25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned
to Samaria.
2Ki
3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in
Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
reigned twelve years.
2Ki
3:2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like
his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal
that his father had made.
2Ki
3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he didn't depart from it.
2Ki
3:4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he rendered to
the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one
hundred thousand rams.
2Ki
3:5 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
2Ki
3:6 King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all
Israel.
2Ki
3:7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The
king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against
Moab to battle? He said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as
your people, my horses as your horses.
2Ki
3:8 He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the
wilderness of Edom.
2Ki
3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king
of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there
was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
2Ki
3:10 The king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these
three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
2Ki
3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh,
that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's
servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured
water on the hands of Elijah.
2Ki
3:12 Jehoshaphat said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
2Ki
3:13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with
you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your
mother." The king of Israel said to him, "No; for Yahweh
has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand
of Moab."
2Ki
3:14 Elisha said, "As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat
the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
2Ki
3:15 But now bring me a minstrel." It happened, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
2Ki
3:16 He said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
2Ki
3:17 For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you
see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall
drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.
2Ki
3:18 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also
deliver the Moabites into your hand.
2Ki
3:19 You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city,
and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and
mar every good piece of land with stones.
2Ki
3:20 It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the
offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the
country was filled with water.
2Ki
3:21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to
fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were
able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
2Ki
3:22 They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the
water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as
blood:
2Ki
3:23 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed,
and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the
spoil.
2Ki
3:24 When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went
forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
2Ki
3:25 They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they
cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the
springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir
Hareseth only
they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about
it, and struck it.
2Ki
3:26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for
him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew sword, to break
through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
2Ki
3:27 Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his
place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was
great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned
to their own land.
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Kings
2
Kings 1 1
Moab
rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
And
Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
And
Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab,
2
Kings 1 2
Ahaziah
fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and
he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the
god of Ekron, whether I shall
recover of this sickness.
And
Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber which was
in Samaria, and
was sick; and he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of
Baal-zebub the god
of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.
and
Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that [is]
in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, `Go ye,
inquire of Baal-Zebub
god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.`
2
Kings 1 3
But
the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet
the messengers of the king
of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel,
that you go to inquire of Baal-zebub,
the god of Ekron?
And
the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of
the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a
God in Israel, that ye go
to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
And
a messenger of Jehovah hath spoken unto Elijah the Tishbite, `Rise,
go up to meet
the messengers of the king of Samaria, and speak unto them, Is it
because there
is not a God in Israel -- ye are going to inquire of Baal Zebub god
of Ekron?
2 Kings 1 4
Now
therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the bed
where you are gone up,
but
shall surely die. Elijah departed.
Now
therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed
on which thou art
gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.
and
therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up,
thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;` and Elijah goeth
on.
2
Kings 1 5
The
messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you
have returned?
And
the messengers returned to him; and he said to them, Why have ye
returned?
And
the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, `What
[is] this --ye
have turned back!`
2
Kings 1 6
They
said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn
again to the king who
sent
you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in
Israel, that you send to
inquire
of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down
from the bed where you
are gone up, but shall surely die.
And
they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go,
return to the king that
sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is
not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
therefore thou shalt not come
down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly
die.
And
they say unto him, `A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto
us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus
said Jehovah, Is it
because there is not a God in Israel -- thou art sending to inquire
of Baal-Zebub
god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou
dost not come down
from it, for thou dost certainly die.`
2
Kings 1 7
He
said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and
told you these words?
And
he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you,
and told you these
words?
And
he saith unto them, `What [is] the fashion of the man who hath come
up to meet
you, and speaketh unto you these words?`
2
Kings 1 8
They
answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a belt of leather
about his loins. He said, It
is Elijah the Tishbite.
And
they said to him, He was a man in a hairy [garment], and girt with a
girdle of leather
about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
And
they say unto him, `A man -- hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about
his loins;` and
he saith, `He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.`
2 Kings 1 9
Then
[the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up
to him: and, behold, he was
sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king
has said, Come down.
And
he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to
him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the
king says, Come down!
And
he sendeth unto him a head of fifty and his fifty, and he goeth up
unto him (and
lo, he is sitting on the top of the hill), and he speaketh unto him,
`O man of God,
the king hath spoken, Come down.`
2
Kings 1 10
Elijah
answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come
down from the sky, and consume
you and your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and
his fifty.
And
Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man
of God, let fire come
down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came
down fire from
the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
And
Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I
[am] a man of
God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy
fifty;` and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.
2
Kings 1 11
Again
he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered
him, man of God, thus has
the king said, Come down quickly.
And
again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
spoke and said to him,
Man of God, thus says the king: Come down quickly!
And
he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty,
and he answereth
and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, thus said the king, Haste,
come down.`
2
Kings 1 12
Elijah
answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky,
and consume you and your
fifty. The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and
his fifty.
And
Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from the heavens
and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from
the heavens, and
consumed him and his fifty.
And
Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I [am] a man of God,
fire doth come
down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;` and fire of
God cometh
down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.
2
Kings 1 13
Again
he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third
captain of fifty went up, and came
and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him,
man of God, please let my
life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your
sight.
And
again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the
third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought
him and said to him, Man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty
thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
And
he turneth and sendeth a third head of fifty and his fifty, and the
third head of
fifty goeth up, and cometh in, and boweth on his knees over-against
Elijah, and maketh
supplication unto him, and speaketh unto him, `O man of God, let be
precious,
I pray thee, my soul and the soul of thy servants -- these fifty --
in thine eyes.
2
Kings 1 14
Behold,
fire came down from the sky, and consumed the two former captains of
fifty with their fifties;
but now let my life be precious in your sight.
Behold,
there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed the two captains
of the former
fifties with their fifties; but now, let my life be precious in thy
sight.
Lo,
come down hath fire from the heavens, and consumeth the two heads of
the former
fifties and their fifties; and, now, let my soul be precious in
thine eyes.`
2
Kings 1 15
The
angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, Go down with him: don`t be afraid of
him. He arose, and went down
with him to the king.
And
the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid
of him. And he arose,
and went down with him to the king.
And
a messenger of Jehovah speaketh unto Elijah, `Go down with him, be
not afraid of him;` and he riseth and goeth down with him unto the king,
2
Kings 1 16
He
said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to
inquire of Baal-zebub,
the
god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of
his word? therefore you shall
not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely
die.
And
he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to inquire
of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in
Israel to inquire of
his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which
thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
and
speaketh unto him, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers
to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron -- is it because there is not
a God
in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou
hast gone up
-- thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.`
2
Kings 1 17
So
he died according to the word of Yahweh which Elijah had spoken.
Jehoram began to reign in his
place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah; because he had no
son.
And
he died according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah had spoken. And
Jehoram began to
reign in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; for
he had no son.
And
he dieth, according to the word of Jehovah that Elijah spake, and
Jehoram reigneth
in his stead, in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king
of Judah,
for he had no son.
2
Kings 1 18
Now
the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren`t they written in
the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
And
the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, what he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Israel?
And
the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written
on the book
of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2
Kings 2 1
It
happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into
heaven, that Elijah went with
Elisha from Gilgal.
And
it came to pass when Jehovah would take up Elijah into the heavens
by a whirlwind, that
Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And
it cometh to pass, at Jehovah`s taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to
the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,
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Kings 2 2
Elijah
said to Elisha, Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as
Bethel. Elisha said, As Yahweh
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went
down to Bethel.
And
Elijah said to Elisha, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent
me to Bethel. And Elisha
said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee! So they went down
to Bethel.
and
Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah
hath sent me unto
Beth-El;` and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if
I leave thee;` and
they go down to Beth-El.
2 Kings 2 3
The
sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and
said to him, "Do you know that
Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He
said, "Yes, I know it; hold your
peace."
And
the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,
and said to him, Dost
thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head
to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
And
sons of the prophets who [are] in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and
say unto him,
`Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy
head?` and he
saith, `I also have known -- keep silent.`
2
Kings 2 4
Elijah
said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to
Jericho. He said, As Yahweh
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to
Jericho.
And
Elijah said to him, Elisha, abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has
sent me to Jericho. And
he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee! And they came to
Jericho.
And
Elijah saith to him, `Elisha, abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah
hath sent me to
Jericho;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I
leave thee;` and they
come in to Jericho.
2
Kings 2 5
The
sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and
said to him, "Do you know that
Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He
answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold
your peace."
And
the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho drew near to Elisha
and said to him, Dost
thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head
to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
And
sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and
say unto him,
`Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy
head?` and he
saith, `I also have known -- keep silent.`
2
Kings 2 6
Elijah
said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the
Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh
lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They two
went on.
And
Elijah said to him, Abide here, I pray thee; for Jehovah has sent me
to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee! And they two went on.
And
Elijah saith to him, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath
sent me to the Jordan;`
and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave
thee;` and they go
on both of them,
2 Kings 2 7
Fifty
men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them
afar off: and they two
stood
by the Jordan.
And
fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar
off; and they two stood
by the Jordan.
--
and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand
over-against afar
off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan.
2
Kings 2 8
Elijah
took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and
they were divided
here
and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.
And
Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the
waters, and they were
divided hither and thither; and they two went over on dry ground.
And
Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the
waters, and
they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them
on dry land.
2
Kings 2 9
It
happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask
what I shall do for you, before
I am taken from you. Elisha said, please let a double portion of your
spirit be on me.
And
it came to pass when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha,
Ask what I shall do
for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray
thee, let a double portion
of thy spirit be upon me.
And
it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto
Elisha, `Ask,
what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?` and Elisha
saith, `Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;`
2
Kings 2 10
He
said, You have asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if you see me when
I am taken from you, it shall
be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so.
And
he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou see me when I am
taken from thee, it shall
be so to thee; but if not, it shall not be [so].
and
he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken
from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.`
2
Kings 2 11
It
happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, [there
appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both apart; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into heaven.
And
it came to pass as they went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot
of fire and horses of
fire; and they parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into the heavens.
And
it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a
chariot of fire,
and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah
goeth up in
a whirlwind, to the heavens.
2
Kings 2 12
Elisha
saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
and the horsemen of it! He
saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them
in two pieces.
And
Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father! the chariot of
Israel and the horsemen
thereof! And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own
garments and rent
them in two pieces.
And
Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the
chariot of Israel, and
its horsemen;` and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on
his garments,
and rendeth them into two pieces.
2
Kings 2 13
He
took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back,
and stood by the bank of the
Jordan.
And
he took up the mantle of Elijah which fell from him, and went back
and stood by the bank
of the Jordan;
And
he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth
back and standeth
on the edge of the Jordan,
2
Kings 2 14
He
took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters,
and said, Where is Yahweh,
the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were
divided here and there;
and Elisha went over.
and
he took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and smote
the waters, and said,
Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? He also smote the waters, and
they parted hither
and thither, and Elisha went over.
and
he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the
waters, and saith, `Where [is] Jehovah, God of Elijah -- even He?` and he
smiteth the waters, and
they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over.
2
Kings 2 15
When
the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw
him, they said, The spirit
of Elijah does rest on Elisha. They came to meet him, and bowed
themselves to the ground before
him.
And
the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho on the opposite side
saw him, and they said,
The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and
bowed themselves
to the ground before him,
And
they see him -- the sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho --
over-against, and
they say, `Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;` and they
come to meet him,
and bow themselves to him to the earth,
2
Kings 2 16
They
said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men;
let them go, we pray
you,
and seek your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and
cast him on some
mountain,
or into some valley. He said, You shall not send.
and
said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant
men; let them go, we
pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah
have taken him up, and
cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye
shall not send.
and
say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty
men, sons of valour:
let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit
of Jehovah hath
taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of
the valleys;`
and he saith, `Ye do not send.`
2
Kings 2 17
When
they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
therefore fifty men; and
they
sought three days, but didn`t find him.
And
they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent
therefore fifty men,
and they sought three days, but did not find him.
And
they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;`
and they send fifty
men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;
2
Kings 2 18
They
came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them,
"Didn`t I tell you, `Don`t go?`"
And
they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said
to them, Did I not
say to you, Go not?
and
they turn back unto him -- and he is abiding in Jericho -- and he
saith unto them,
`Did I not say unto you, Do not go?`
2
Kings 2 19
The
men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of
this city is pleasant, as my
lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
And
the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold now, the situation of the
city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.
And
the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of
the city [is] good,
as my lord seeth, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.`
2
Kings 2 20
He
said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt therein. They brought it to
him.
And
he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought
it to him.
And
he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;` and they
bring [it] unto
him,
2
Kings 2 21
He
went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and
said, Thus says Yahweh, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or
miscarrying.
And
he went forth to the source of the waters, and cast the salt in
there, and said, Thus saith
Jehovah: I have healed these waters: there shall not be from thence
any more death or
barrenness.
and
he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt,
and saith, `Thus
said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not
thence any more
death and sterility.`
2
Kings 2 22
So
the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha
which he spoke.
And
the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spoke.
And
the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of
Elisha, that he spake.
2
Kings 2 23
He
went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way,
there came forth young lads
out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldy;
go up, you baldhead.
And
he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way,
there came forth little
boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald
head; go up, bald head!
And
he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and
little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go
up, bald-head! go
up, bald-head!`
2
Kings 2 24
He
looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of
Yahweh. There came forth
two
she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.
And
he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of
Jehovah. And there
came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two
children of them.
And
he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in
the name of
Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them
forty and two lads.
2
Kings 2 25
He
went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to
Samaria.
And
he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to
Samaria.
And
he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned
back to Samaria.
2 Kings 3 1
Now
Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
And
Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the
eighteenth year
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; and he reigned twelve years.
And
Jehoram son of Ahab hath reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the
eighteenth year
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigneth twelve years,
2
Kings 3 2
He
did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his
father, and like his mother; for
he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
And
he wrought evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father,
and like his mother; and
he took away the column of Baal that his father had made.
and
doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his
father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his
father made;
2
Kings 3 3
Nevertheless
he cleaved to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he
made Israel to sin;
he didn`t depart therefrom.
Only,
he clave to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat who made Israel to
sin: he did not depart
therefrom.
only
to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he
hath cleaved,
he hath not turned aside from it.
2
Kings 3 4
Now
Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of
Israel the wool of one
hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
And
Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of
Israel a hundred thousand
lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
And
Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king
of Israel a
hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, [with] wool,
2
Kings 3 5
But
it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
And
it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
and
it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab
transgresseth against
the king of Israel.
2
Kings 3 6
King
Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
And
at that time king Jehoram went out of Samaria and inspected all
Israel.
And
king Jehoram goeth out in that day from Samaria, and inspecteth all
Israel,
2 Kings 3 7
He
went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of
Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? He said, I will go
up: I am as you are, my people
as
your people, my horses as your horses.
And
he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king
of Moab has rebelled
against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he
said, I will go up:
I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
and
goeth and sendeth unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, `The king
of Moab hath
transgressed against me; dost thou go with me unto Moab for battle?`
and he saith,
`I go up, as I, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses,
so thy horses.
2
Kings 3 8
He
said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the
wilderness of Edom.
And
he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the
wilderness of Edom.
And
he saith, `Where [is] this -- the way we go up?` and he saith, `The
way of the wilderness
of Edom.`
2
Kings 3 9
So
the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom;
and they made a circuit
of
seven days` journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the
animals that followed them.
And
the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom, and they made a circuit
of seven days` journey. And there was no water for the army, and for
the cattle that
followed them.
And
the king of Israel goeth, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom, and they turn round the way seven days, and there hath been no water for the camp, and for
the cattle that [are] at their feet,
2
Kings 3 10
The
king of Israel said, Alas! for Yahweh has called these three kings
together to deliver them into
the hand of Moab.
And
the king of Israel said, Alas! that Jehovah has called these three
kings together, to give
them into the hand of Moab!
and
the king of Israel saith, `Alas, for Jehovah hath called for these
three kings, to give
them into the hand of Moab.`
2
Kings 3 11
But
Jehoshaphat said, Isn`t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may
inquire of Yahweh by him?
One of the king of Israel`s servants answered, Elisha the son of
Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
And
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah that we may
inquire of Jehovah
by him? And one of the king of Israel`s servants answered and said,
Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
And
Jehoshaphat saith, `Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, and we
seek Jehovah
by him?` And one of the servants of the king of Israel answereth and
saith, `Here [is] Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of
Elijah.`
2
Kings 3 12
Jehoshaphat
said, The word of Yahweh is with him. So the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat and the king
of Edom went down to him.
And
Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. And the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat
and the king of Edom went down to him.
And
Jehoshaphat saith, `The word of Jehovah is with him;` and go down
unto him do
the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.
2
Kings 3 13
Elisha
said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to
the prophets of your father,
and to the prophets of your mother. The king of Israel said to him,
No; for Yahweh has called
these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
And
Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go
to the prophets of thy
father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel
said to him, Not so, for
Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of
Moab.
And
Elisha saith unto the king of Israel, `What -- to me and to thee? go
unto the prophets
of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother;` and the king of
Israel saith to him, `Nay, for Jehovah hath called for these three kings to
give them into the hand of Moab.`
2
Kings 3 14
Elisha
said, As Yahweh of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it
not that I regard the presence
of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor
see you.
And
Elisha said, As Jehovah 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.
And
Elisha saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood;
for unless the face
of Jehoshaphat king of Judah I am lifting up, I do not look unto
thee, nor see thee;
2
Kings 3 15
But
now bring me a minstrel. It happened, when the minstrel played, that
the hand of Yahweh came
on him.
And
now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel
played, that the hand
of Jehovah was upon him.
and
now, bring to me a minstrel; and it hath been, at the playing of the
minstrel, that
the hand of Jehovah is on him,
2
Kings 3 16
He
said, Thus says Yahweh, Make this valley full of trenches.
And
he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.
and
he saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Make this valley ditches -- ditches;
2
Kings 3 17
For
thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain;
yet that valley shall be
filled
with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your
animals.
For
thus saith Jehovah: Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see
rain; yet this valley shall
be filled with water, and ye shall drink, both ye, and your cattle,
and your beasts.
for
thus said Jehovah, Ye do not see wind, nor do ye see rain, and that
valley is full of
water, and ye have drunk -- ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2
Kings 3 18
This
is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the
Moabites into your hand.
And
this is a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will give the
Moabites also into your hand.
`And
this hath been light in the eyes of Jehovah, and he hath given Moab
into your hand,
2
Kings 3 19
You
shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop
all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
And
ye shall smite every fortified 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.
and
ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every
good tree ye
cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good
portion ye mar with
stones.`
2
Kings 3 20
It
happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering,
that behold, there came
water
by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
And
it came to pass in the morning, when the oblation was offered up,
that behold, there came
water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
And
it cometh to pass in the morning, at the ascending of the
[morning]-present, that
lo, waters are coming in from the way of Edom, and the land is
filled with the waters,
2
Kings 3 21
Now
when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight
against them, they gathered
themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward,
and stood on the border.
And
all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against
them, and they were
called together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward,
and stood by the border.
and
all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against
them, and they
are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward,
and they stand by the border.
2
Kings 3 22
They
rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the
Moabites saw the water
over against them as red as blood:
And
they rose up early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the water,
and the Moabites
saw the water on the other side red as blood.
And
they rise early in the morning, and the sun hath shone on the
waters, and the Moabites
see, from over-against, the waters red as blood,
2
Kings 3 23
and
they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they
have struck each man his fellow:
now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
And
they said, This is blood: the kings are entirely destroyed, and have
smitten one another;
and now, Moab, to the spoil!
and
say, `Blood this [is]; the kings have been surely destroyed, and
they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!`
2
Kings 3 24
When
they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck
the Moabites, so that they
fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the
Moabites.
And
when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, and
they fled before them; and they entered in and smote Moab.
And
they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and
smite the Moabites,
and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to
smite Moab,
2
Kings 3 25
They
beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every
man his stone, and filled
it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the
good trees, until in Kir-hareseth
[only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings
went about it, and struck
it.
And
they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast
every man his stone and
filled it, and they stopped every well of water, and felled every
good tree, until they left
[only] the stones at Kirhareseth; and the slingers went about it,
and smote it.
and
the cities they break down, and [on] every good portion they cast
each his stone,
and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every
good tree
they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth,
and the slingers
go round and smite it.
2
Kings 3 26
When
the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took
with him seven hundred
men who drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they
could not.
And
the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, and he
took with him seven
hundred men that drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom,
but they could
not.
And
the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him,
and he taketh
with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto
the king
of Edom, and they have not been able,
2
Kings 3 27
Then
he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and
offered him for a burnt offering
on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed
from him, and returned
to their own land.
And
he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and
offered him up for a
burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against
Israel; and they departed
from him, and returned to [their own] land.
and
he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and
causeth him to
ascend -- a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and
they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.
Study Questions
Describe Elijah? 1:8
How did the fifty-one men die? 1:10-11
Who died? 1:16-18
How did Elijah part the waters? 2:8
Elisha asked for ____________________________? 2:9
Elisha cast ____________ into the waters? 2:21
Who went to war with Jehoram? 3:7
The Moabites were to be __________________? 3:18
