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Bible Reading for June 22
The Second Book of the Kings
CHAPTER 1
2 Kings 1:1
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 Kings 1:2
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire
of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings 1:3
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet
the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because
there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god
of Ekron?
2 Kings 1:4
4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on
which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 2 Kings 1:5
5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye
now turned back?
2 Kings 1:6
6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us,
Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the
LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to
enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 2 Kings 1:7
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you,
and told you these words?
2 Kings 1:8
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 2 Kings 1:9
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went
up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him,
Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 2 Kings 1:10
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God,
then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there
came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 2 Kings 1:11
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down
quickly.
2 Kings 1:12
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come
down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came
down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 2 Kings 1:13
13 And he sent again a captain of the 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 unto him, O man of God, I pray thee,
let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy
sight.
2 Kings 1:14
14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of
the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious
in thy sight.
2 Kings 1:15
15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid
of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 2 Kings 1:16
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there
is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come
down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 2 Kings
1:17
17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And
Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. 2 Kings 1:18
18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? CHAPTER 2
2 Kings 2:1
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a
whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 Kings 2:2
2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent
me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. 2 Kings 2:3
3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy
head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 2 Kings 2:4
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath
sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 2 Kings 2:5
5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said
unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head
to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 2 Kings 2:6
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent
me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will
not leave thee. And they two went on. 2 Kings 2:7
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off:
and they two stood by Jordan.
2 Kings 2:8
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters,
and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry
ground.
2 Kings 2:9
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha,
Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha
said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 2 Kings 2:10
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me
when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not
be so.
2 Kings 2:11
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there
appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder;
and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:12
12 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: and he took hold of
his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 2 Kings 2:13
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and
stood by the bank of Jordan;
2 Kings 2:14
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters,
and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the
waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 2 Kings 2:15
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him,
they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet
him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 2 Kings 2:16
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong
men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the
Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or
into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 2 Kings 2:17
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 2 Kings
2:18
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto
them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? 2 Kings 2:19
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught,
and the ground barren.
2 Kings 2:20
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought
it to him.
2 Kings 2:21
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in
there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall
not be from thence any more death or barren land. 2 Kings 2:22
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha
which he spake.
2 Kings 2:23
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way,
there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said
unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2:24
24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the
LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and
two children of them.
2 Kings 2:25
25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to
Samaria.
CHAPTER 3
2 Kings 3:1
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
Kings 3:2
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. 2
Kings 3:3
3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which
made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 2 Kings 3:4
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.
2 Kings 3:5
5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
2 Kings 3:6
6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings 3:7
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.
2 Kings 3:8
8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the
wilderness of Edom.
2 Kings 3:9
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. 2 Kings 3:10
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! 2 Kings 3:11
11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may
enquire 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.
2 Kings 3:12
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. 2 Kings 3:13
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. 2 Kings 3:14
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. 2 Kings 3:15
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. 2 Kings 3:16
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. 2 Kings
3:17
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. 2 Kings 3:18
18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the
Moabites also into your hand.
2 Kings 3:19
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.
2 Kings 3:20
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.
2 Kings 3:21
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.
2 Kings 3:22
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: 2 Kings 3:23
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 2 Kings 3:24
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. 2 Kings 3:25
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 Kirharaseth left they the stones
thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. 2 Kings 3:26
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. 2 Kings 3:27
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.
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