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Bible Reading for June 23
2 Kings 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.
[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.
[3] Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
[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.
[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. [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.
[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. [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. [9] And she said unto her husband, Behold now,
I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
[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. [11] And it fell on a
day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
[12] And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she stood before him. [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.
[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. [15] And he said, Call her. And
when he had called her, she stood in the door.
[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.
[17] And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had
said unto her, according to the time of life. [18] And when the child was
grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
[19] And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,
Carry him to his mother.
[20] And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her
knees till noon, and then died.
[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.
[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.
[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. [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. [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: [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.
[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.
[28] Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
[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.
[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. [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. [32] And when Elisha was come into
the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
[33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto
the LORD.
[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. [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.
[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. [37] Then she
went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up
her son, and went out. [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.
[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. [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. [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.
[42] And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, 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. [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. [44] So he set it before them, and they did eat, and
left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
2 Kings 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.
[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. [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. [4] And one went in,
and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of
Israel.
[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. [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. [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. [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.
[9] So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door
of the house of Elisha.
[10] And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan
seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
[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. [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.
[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? [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. [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 earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray
thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
[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. [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. [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. [19] And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed
from him a little way.
[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.
[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? [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.
[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. [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. [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. [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?
[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.
2 Kings 6
[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] 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.
[3] And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he
answered, I will go.
[4] So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
[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. [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. [7] Therefore said he, Take it up
to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
[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. [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. [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. [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? [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.
[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. [14] Therefore sent he
thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and
compassed the city about. [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? [16] And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.
[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.
[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. [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.
[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.
[21] And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I smite them? shall I smite them? [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. [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. [24] And
it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his
host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. [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. [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. [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? [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.
[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. [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. [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. [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? [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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