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Bible Reading for June 23
CHAPTER 4
2 Kings 4:1
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 Kings 4:2
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.
2 Kings 4:3
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
2 Kings 4:4
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.
2 Kings 4:5
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. 2 Kings 4:6
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.
2 Kings 4:7
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. 2 Kings 4:8
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. 2 Kings 4:9
9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy
man of God, which passeth by us continually. 2 Kings 4:10
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. 2 Kings 4:11
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber,
and lay there.
2 Kings 4:12
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings 4:13
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.
2 Kings 4:14
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. 2 Kings 4:15
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 2
Kings 4:16
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.
2 Kings 4:17
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said
unto her, according to the time of life. 2 Kings 4:18
18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers.
2 Kings 4:19
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry
him to his mother.
2 Kings 4:20
20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her
knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings 4:21
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.
2 Kings 4:22
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.
2 Kings 4:23
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. 2 Kings 4:24
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. 2 Kings 4:25
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: 2 Kings 4:26
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.
2 Kings 4:27
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.
2 Kings 4:28
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive
me?
2 Kings 4:29
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.
2 Kings 4:30
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. 2 Kings 4:31
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. 2 Kings 4:32
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and
laid upon his bed.
2 Kings 4:33
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto
the LORD.
2 Kings 4:34
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. 2 Kings 4:35
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.
2 Kings 4:36
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. 2 Kings 4:37
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,
and took up her son, and went out.
2 Kings 4:38
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.
2 Kings 4:39
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. 2 Kings 4:40
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. 2 Kings 4:41
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.
2 Kings 4:42
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. 2 Kings 4:43
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. 2 Kings 4:44
44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to
the word of the LORD.
CHAPTER 5
2 Kings 5:1
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. 2 Kings 5:2
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. 2 Kings
5:3
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. 2 Kings 5:4
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that
is of the land of Israel.
2 Kings 5:5
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. 2 Kings 5:6
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. 2 Kings 5:7
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. 2 Kings 5:8
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. 2 Kings 5:9
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door
of the house of Elisha.
2 Kings 5:10
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. 2
Kings 5:11
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. 2 Kings 5:12
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.
2 Kings 5:13
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? 2 Kings 5:14
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. 2 Kings 5:15
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.
2 Kings 5:16
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. 2 Kings 5:17
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. 2 Kings 5:18
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. 2 Kings 5:19
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 2
Kings 5:20
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.
2 Kings 5:21
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? 2 Kings
5:22
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.
2 Kings 5:23
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. 2 Kings 5:24
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. 2 Kings 5:25
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. 2 Kings
5:26
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? 2 Kings 5:27
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. CHAPTER 6
2 Kings 6:1
1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where
we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Kings 6:2
2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and
let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
2 Kings 6:3
3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he
answered, I will go.
2 Kings 6:4
4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 2
Kings 6:5
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he
cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 2 Kings 6:6
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he
cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 2 Kings 6:7
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
2 Kings 6:8
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his
servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 2 Kings 6:9
9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou
pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 2 Kings 6:10
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and
warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 2 Kings 6:11
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing;
and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of
us is for the king of Israel? 2 Kings 6:12
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the
prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber.
2 Kings 6:13
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it
was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 2 Kings 6:14
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they
came by night, and compassed the city about. 2 Kings 6:15
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,
behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his
servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 2 Kings 6:16
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that
be with them.
2 Kings 6:17
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may
see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold,
the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings 6:18
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said,
Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha. 2 Kings 6:19
19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city:
follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to
Samaria.
2 Kings 6:20
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said,
LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their
eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 2 Kings
6:21
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall
I smite them? shall I smite them? 2 Kings 6:22
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom
thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water
before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 2 Kings 6:23
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and
drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria
came no more into the land of Israel. 2 Kings 6:24
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all
his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 2 Kings 6:25
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it,
until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth
part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 2 Kings 6:26
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman
unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 2 Kings 6:27
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of
the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 2 Kings 6:28
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman
said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son
to morrow.
2 Kings 6:29
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day,
Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. 2 Kings 6:30
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he
rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and,
behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 2 Kings 6:31
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son
of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 2 Kings 6:32
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent
a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the
elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine
head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast
at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings 6:33
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto
him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the
LORD any longer?
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