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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
Daily Meditation
4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. 2 Kings 13:1-25
Today’s Reading
2 Kings 13
Nevertheless They
Departed Not
1 In the three and
twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of
Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And
he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3 And the anger of
the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of
Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all
their days. 4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him:
for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the
hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as
beforetime. 6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove
also in Samaria.) 7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had
destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8 Now the rest of
the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with
his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his
stead.
10 In the thirty and
seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. 11 And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12 And the rest of
the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought
against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and
Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of
Israel.
14 Now Elisha was
fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came
down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the
chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take
bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he said to the king
of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha
put his hands upon the king’s hands. 17 And he said, Open the window eastward.
And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow
of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou
shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said,
Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite
upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And the man of God was
wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then
hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt
smite Syria but thrice.
20 And Elisha died,
and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the
coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man,
that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the
sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
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