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Bible Reading for June 24
2 Kings 7
[1] Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To
morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and
two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. [2] Then a lord
on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if
the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
[3] And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they
said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? [4] If we say, We will
enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there:
and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall
unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if
they kill us, we shall but die. [5] And they rose up in the twilight, to go
unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of
the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
[6] For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots,
and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to
another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. [7] Wherefore they
arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and
their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
[8] And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went
into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and
raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent,
and carried thence also, and went and hid it. [9] Then they said one to
another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our
peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us:
now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
[10] So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them,
saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man
there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as
they were.
[11] And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
[12] And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get
into the city.
[13] And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee,
five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are
as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are
even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us
send and see.
[14] They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host
of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. [15] And they went after them unto Jordan:
and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had
cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. [16]
And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of
fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,
according to the word of the LORD. [17] And the king appointed the lord on
whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon
him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the
king came down to him. [18] And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken
to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of
fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of
Samaria: [19] And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if
the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. [20] And
so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he
died.
2 Kings 8
[1] Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou
canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come
upon the land seven years.
[2] And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she
went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven
years.
[3] And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out
of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for
her house and for her land.
[4] And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. [5] And it
came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to
life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the
king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is
the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
[6] And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed
unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the
fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. [7]
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it
was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. [8] And the king said
unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and
inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
[9] So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every
good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him,
and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall
I recover of this disease?
[10] And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. [11] And he
settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God
wept.
[12] And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the
evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt
thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt
dash their children, and rip up their women with child. [13] And Hazael said,
But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha
answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
[14] So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What
said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely
recover.
[15] And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped
it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in
his stead.
[16] And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign.
[17] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
[18] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of
the LORD.
[19] Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he
promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. [20] In his days
Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
[21] So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by
night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of
the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. [22] Yet Edom revolted
from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same
time.
[23] And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [24] And Joram
slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. [25] In the twelfth year of Joram
the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
begin to reign. [26] Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to
reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
[27] And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight
of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house
of Ahab.
[28] And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of
Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. [29] And king Joram
went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given
him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
because he was sick.
2 Kings 9
[1] And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and
said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and
go to Ramoth-gilead:
[2] And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat
the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren,
and carry him to an inner chamber;
[3] Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the
LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and
tarry not.
[4] So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
[5] And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he
said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all
us? And he said, To thee, O captain. [6] And he arose, and went into the
house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD,
even over Israel. [7] And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that
I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the
servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
[8] For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him
that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
[9] And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: [10] And the dogs shall
eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.
And he opened the door, and fled. [11] Then Jehu came forth to the servants of
his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow
to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. [12]
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he
to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
[13] Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on
the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. [14] So
Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now
Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of
Syria.
[15] But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu
said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city
to go to tell it in Jezreel.
[16] So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. [17] And there stood a
watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came,
and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet
them, and let him say, Is it peace? [18] So there went one on horseback to
meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast
thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The
messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
[19] Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said,
Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with
peace? turn thee behind me.
[20] And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he
driveth furiously.
[21] And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram
king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and
they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the
Jezreelite.
[22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? [23] And Joram turned his hands, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
[24] And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his
arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
[25] Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I
and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon
him;
[26] Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his
sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD.
Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word
of the LORD.
[27] But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the
garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he
fled to Megiddo, and died there.
[28] And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in
his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. [29] And in the eleventh
year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
[30] And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted
her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. [31] And as Jehu
entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
[32] And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side?
who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. [33] And he said, Throw
her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the
wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
[34] And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this
cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. [35] And they went
to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and
the palms of her hands. [36] Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he
said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the
Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of
Jezebel: [37] And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the
field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
2 Kings 10
[1] And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to
Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought
up Ahab's children, saying, [2] Now as soon as this letter cometh to you,
seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and
horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
[3] Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on
his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. [4] But they were
exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then
shall we stand? [5] And he that was over the house, and he that was over the
city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu,
saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will
not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. [6] Then he wrote
a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will
hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and
come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being
seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
[7] And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the
king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and
sent him them to Jezreel.
[8] And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the
heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gate until the morning. [9] And it came to pass in the
morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew
all these? [10] Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the
word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the
LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. [11] So Jehu slew
all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and
his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
[12] And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the
shearing house in the way,
[13] Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are
ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. [14] And he
said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of
the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
[15] And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of
Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart
right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be,
give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into
the chariot.
[16] And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him
ride in his chariot.
[17] And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which
he spake to Elijah.
[18] And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab
served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. [19] Now therefore call
unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let
none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall
be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that
he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. [20] And Jehu said, Proclaim a
solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
[21] And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came,
so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house
of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. [22] And he
said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the
worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. [23] And Jehu went,
and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the
servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. [24] And when they
went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men
without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands
escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
[25] And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt
offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay
them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and
the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of
Baal.
[26] And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned
them.
[27] And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal,
and made it a draught house unto this day. [28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out
of Israel. [29] Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves
that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
[30] And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing
that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation
shall sit on the throne of Israel. [31] But Jehu took no heed to walk in the
law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the
sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
[32] In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them
in all the coasts of Israel;
[33] From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even
Gilead and Bashan.
[34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[35] And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. [36] And the time that Jehu reigned
over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
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