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    2 Kings · 33 verses

    2 Kings 6

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    An iron axe head sinks in the Jordan, and the first concern is not the miracle but the lending arrangement: “it was borrowed!” Elisha makes the iron float, then says, with splendid economy, “Lift it out.”

    The borrowed axevv. 1–7

    The sons of the prophets need a larger place, so they propose going to the Jordan, each with a log for the new building. Elisha goes with them. Then an axe head disappears beneath the water, and its owner cries out because it was borrowed. Elisha cuts a stick, throws it into the place, and makes the iron float; the man reaches out his hand and takes it.

    A very inconvenient escortvv. 8–23

    The king of Aram keeps choosing secret camps, but Elisha keeps warning the king of Israel where not to go. Aram’s king is persuaded that someone is repeating his bedroom words, and sends horses, chariots, and a great army to Dothan. Elisha’s servant sees the city surrounded; Elisha prays, and the hills are suddenly full of horses and chariots of fire. Then the Arameans are struck blind, led by Elisha into Samaria, and given a feast instead of a battlefield. Their eyes are opened only after they have arrived in the wrong city, which is an awkward moment for an army but a useful one for supper.

    Samaria under siegevv. 24–33

    Some time later, Ben-hadad brings the whole army against Samaria. The siege produces prices of astonishing precision: a donkey’s head costs eighty shekels of silver, and dove’s dung costs five. A woman tells the king that two mothers agreed to cook their sons, though the other woman hid hers when her turn came. The king tears his clothes, finds sackcloth beneath them, and blames Elisha. Elisha, sitting with the elders, hears the messenger coming and speaks of a murderer at the door; before the scene can settle, the king declares that the calamity is from the LORD and asks why he should wait any longer.

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    1. 2 Kgs 6:1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

    2. 2 Kgs 6:2Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

    3. 2 Kgs 6:3Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.

    4. 2 Kgs 6:4So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

    5. 2 Kgs 6:5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

    6. 2 Kgs 6:6“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

    7. 2 Kgs 6:7“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

    8. 2 Kgs 6:8Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

    9. 2 Kgs 6:9Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

    10. 2 Kgs 6:10So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

    11. 2 Kgs 6:11For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

    12. 2 Kgs 6:12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

    13. 2 Kgs 6:13So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

    14. 2 Kgs 6:14the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

    15. 2 Kgs 6:15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

    16. 2 Kgs 6:16“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

    17. 2 Kgs 6:17Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

    18. 2 Kgs 6:18As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

    19. 2 Kgs 6:19And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

    20. 2 Kgs 6:20When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

    21. 2 Kgs 6:21And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

    22. 2 Kgs 6:22“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

    23. 2 Kgs 6:23So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

    24. 2 Kgs 6:24Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

    25. 2 Kgs 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

    26. 2 Kgs 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

    27. 2 Kgs 6:27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

    28. 2 Kgs 6:28Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

    29. 2 Kgs 6:29So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

    30. 2 Kgs 6:30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

    31. 2 Kgs 6:31He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

    32. 2 Kgs 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

    33. 2 Kgs 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 16Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 16Isaiah 41:10–14Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 161 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
    • 162 Chronicles 32:7–8“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
    • 16Acts 18:9–10One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
    • 17Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
    • 16Psalms 55:18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
    • 16Exodus 14:13But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
    • 17Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
    • 16Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
    • 16Matthew 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
    • 16Psalms 118:11–12They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
    • 16Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
    • 17Zechariah 6:1–7And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
    • 17Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
    • 17Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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