2 Kings 8:1-9:13 1 Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while,
for the
Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”
2 So the woman did as the prophet said.
She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
3 After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.
4 Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet’s
servant, and said, “Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.”
5 While Gehazi
was telling the king how Elisha
had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field.
Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”
6 The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details.
The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him,
“Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now.”
7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king
was told, “The prophet
has come here.”
8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift
and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the
Lord. Ask him,
‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha.
He took along a gift,
as well as
forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son,
King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,
‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
10 Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,’
but the
Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die.”
11 Elisha
just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable.
Then the prophet started crying.
12 Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”
13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?”
Elisha answered, “The
Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.”
14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad
asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael
replied, “He told me you would surely recover.”
15 The next day Hazael
took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s
face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
16 In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah.
17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab’s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab’s daughter.
He did evil in the sight of
the
Lord.
19 But the
Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of
his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.
20 During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king.
21 Joram
crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.
The Israelite army retreated to their homeland.
22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day.
At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
23 The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
24 Joram passed away
and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
25 In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king over Judah.
26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem.
His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter
of King Omri of Israel.
27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of
the
Lord, like Ahab’s dynasty, for he was related to Ahab’s family.
28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.
29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians
in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit
Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.
1 Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild
and told him, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container
of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
2 When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room.
3 Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, ‘This is what the
Lord says, “I have designated
you as king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and run away quickly!”
4 So the young prophet
went to Ramoth Gilead.
5 When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.
So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.”
Jehu asked, “For which one of us?”
He replied, “For you, O officer.”
6 So Jehu
got up and went inside. Then the prophet
poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, “This is what the
Lord God of Israel says, ‘I have designated you as king over the
Lord’s people Israel.
7 You will destroy the family of your master Ahab.
I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the
Lord’s servants.
8 Ahab’s entire family will die. I
will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.
9 I will make Ahab’s dynasty
like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
10 Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.’”
Then he opened the door and ran away.
11 When Jehu rejoined
his master’s servants, they
asked him, “Is everything all right?
Why did this madman visit you?” He replied, “Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”
12 But they said, “You’re lying! Tell us what he said.” So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said,
“This is what the
Lord says, ‘I have designated you as king over Israel.’”
13 Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu’s
feet on the steps.
The trumpet was blown
and they shouted, “Jehu is
king!”
Context (NET) Acts 16:16-40 16 Now
as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means.
She
brought her owners
a great profit by fortune-telling.
17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,
“These men are servants
of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way
of salvation.”
18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed,
and turned
and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ
to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.
19 But when her owners
saw their hope of profit
was gone, they seized
Paul and Silas and dragged
them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20 When
they had brought them
before the magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion.
They are
Jews
21 and are advocating
customs that are not lawful for us to accept
or practice,
since we are
Romans.”
22 The crowd joined the attack
against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes
off Paul and Silas
and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23 After they had beaten them severely,
they threw them into prison and commanded
the jailer to guard them securely.
24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell
and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying
and singing hymns to God,
and the rest of
the prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds
of all the prisoners came loose.
27 When the jailer woke up
and saw the doors of the prison standing open,
he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
because he assumed
the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul called out loudly,
“Do not harm yourself,
for we are all here!”
29 Calling for lights, the jailer
rushed in and fell down
trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
30 Then he brought them outside
and asked, “Sirs, what must
I do to be saved?”
31 They replied,
“Believe
in the Lord Jesus
and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 Then
they spoke the word of the Lord
to him, along with all those who were in his house.
33 At
that hour of the night he took them
and washed their wounds;
then
he and all his family
were baptized right away.
34 The jailer
brought them into his house and set food
before them, and he rejoiced greatly
that he had come to believe
in God, together with his entire household.
35 At daybreak
the magistrates
sent their police officers,
saying, “Release those men.”
36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying,
“The magistrates have sent orders
to release you. So come out now and go in peace.”
37 But Paul said to the police officers,
“They had us beaten in public
without a proper trial
– even though we are Roman citizens
– and they threw us
in prison. And now they want to send us away
secretly? Absolutely not! They
themselves must come and escort us out!”
38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas
were Roman citizens
39 and came
and apologized to them. After
they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly
to leave the city.
40 When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia’s house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then
departed.
Context (NET) Psalm 143:1-12 1 A psalm of David. O
Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
2 Do not sit in judgment on
your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
3 Certainly
my enemies
chase me. They smash me into the ground.
They force me to live
in dark regions,
like those who have been dead for ages.
4 My strength leaves me;
I am absolutely shocked.
5 I recall the old days;
I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.
6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer;
my soul thirsts for you in a parched
land.
7 Answer me quickly,
Lord! My strength is fading.
Do not reject me,
or I will join
those descending into the grave.
8 May I hear about your loyal love in the morning,
for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go,
because I long for you.
9 Rescue me from my enemies, O
Lord! I run to you for protection.
10 Teach me to do what pleases you,
for you are my God. May your kind presence
lead me
into a level land.
11 O
Lord, for the sake of your reputation,
revive me!
Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!
12 As a demonstration of your loyal love,
destroy my enemies! Annihilate
all who threaten my life,
for I am your servant.
Context (NET) Proverbs 17:26 26 It is terrible
to punish
a righteous person, and to flog
honorable men is wrong.
Context (NET)
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