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18:39 d 1 Kin. 18:21, 24
18:40 e 2 Kin. 10:25
18:40 f Judg. 4:7; 5:21
18:40 g (Deut. 13:5; 18:20)
18:42 h James 5:17, 18
18:44 10 Lit. Bind or Harness
18:46 i 2 Kin. 3:15; Is. 8:11; Ezek. 3:14
18:46 j 2 Kin. 4:29; 9:1; Jer. 1:17; 1 Pet. 1:13
18:46 11 Tucked the skirts of his robe in his belt in preparation for quick travel
1 Kings 19
19:1 a 1 Kin. 18:40
19:2 b Ruth 1:17; 1 Kin. 20:10; 2 Kin. 6:31
19:4 c Num. 11:15; Jer. 20:14–18; Jon. 4:3, 8
19:4 1 juniper
19:5 2 Or Angel
19:6 3 hot stones
19:7 4 Or Angel
19:8 d Ex. 24:18; 34:28; Deut. 9:9–11, 18; Matt. 4:2
19:8 e Ex. 3:1; 4:27
19:10 f Rom. 11:3
19:10 g Num. 25:11, 13; Ps. 69:9
19:10 h 1 Kin. 18:4
19:10 i 1 Kin. 18:22; Rom. 11:3
19:11 j Ex. 19:20; 24:12, 18
19:11 k Ex. 33:21, 22
19:11 l Ezek. 1:4; 37:7
19:12 5 a delicate whispering voice
19:13 m Ex. 3:6; Is. 6:2
19:13 n 1 Kin. 19:9
19:14 o 1 Kin. 19:10
19:15 p 2 Kin. 8:8–15
19:16 q 2 Kin. 9:1–10
19:16 r 1 Kin. 19:19–21; 2 Kin. 2:9–15
19:17 s 2 Kin. 8:12; 13:3, 22
19:17 t 2 Kin. 9:14—10:28
19:17 u (Hos. 6:5)
19:18 v Rom. 11:4
19:18 w Hos. 13:2
19:19 x 1 Sam. 28:14; 2 Kin. 2:8, 13, 14
19:20 y (Matt. 8:21, 22; Luke 9:61, 62); Acts 20:37
19:21 z 2 Sam. 24:22
1 Kings 20
20:1 a 1 Kin. 15:18, 20; 2 Kin. 6:24
20:1 b 1 Kin. 16:24; 2 Kin. 6:24
20:6 1 pleasing
20:10 c 1 Kin. 19:2; 2 Kin. 6:31
20:10 2 Lit. at my feet
20:11 d Prov. 27:1; (Eccl. 7:8)
20:12 e 1 Kin. 20:16
20:12 3 Lit. booths or shelters
20:13 f 1 Kin. 20:28
20:16 g 1 Kin. 16:9; 20:12; (Prov. 20:1)
20:22 h 2 Sam. 11:1; 1 Kin. 20:26
20:22 4 Lit. at the return
20:24 5 positions
20:25 6 Lit. that fell from you
20:26 i Josh. 13:4; 2 Kin. 13:17
20:27 j Judg. 6:3–5; 1 Sam. 13:5–8
20:28 k 1 Kin. 17:18
20:28 l 1 Kin. 20:13
20:31 m Gen. 37:34; 2 Sam. 3:31
20:34 n 1 Kin. 15:20
20:35 o 2 Kin. 2:3, 5, 7, 15
20:35 p 1 Kin. 13:17, 18
20:36 q 1 Kin. 13:24
20:39 r 2 Sam. 12:1
20:39 s 2 Kin. 10:24
20:39 7 Lit. weigh
20:42 t 1 Kin. 22:31–37
20:43 u 1 Kin. 21:4
1 Kings 21
21:1 a Judg. 6:33; 1 Kin. 18:45, 46
21:2 b 1 Sam. 8:14
21:3 c (Lev. 25:23; Num. 36:7; Ezek. 46:18)
21:5 d 1 Kin. 19:1, 2
21:9 1 Lit. at the head
21:10 e (Ex. 22:28; Lev. 24:15, 16); Acts 6:11
21:10 f (Lev. 24:14)
21:12 g Is. 58:4
21:13 h (Ex. 20:16; 23:1, 7)
21:13 i 2 Kin. 9:26; 2 Chr. 24:21; Acts 7:58, 59; Heb. 11:37
21:17 j (Ps. 9:12)
21:17 k 1 Kin. 19:1
21:18 l 1 Kin. 13:32; 2 Chr. 22:9
21:19 m 1 Kin. 22:38; 2 Kin. 9:26
21:20 n 1 Kin. 18:17
21:20 o 1 Kin. 21:25; 2 Kin. 17:17; (Rom. 7:14)
21:21 p 1 Kin. 14:10; 2 Kin. 9:8
21:21 q 2 Kin. 10:10
21:21 r 1 Sam. 25:22
21:21 s 1 Kin. 14:10
21:22 t 1 Kin. 15:29
21:22 u 1 Kin. 16:3, 11
21:23 v 2 Kin. 9:10, 30–37
21:23 2 So with MT, LXX; some Heb. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg. plot of ground instead of wall (cf. 2 Kin. 9:36)
21:24 w 1 Kin. 14:11; 16:4
21:25 x 1 Kin. 16:30–33; 21:20
21:25 y 1 Kin. 16:31
21:25 3 incited him
21:26 z Gen. 15:16; (Lev. 18:25–30); 2 Kin. 21:11
21:27 a Gen. 37:34; 2 Sam. 3:31; 2 Kin. 6:30
21:29 b (2 Kin. 22:19)
21:29 c 2 Kin. 9:25; 10:11, 17
1 Kings 22
22:2 a 1 Kin. 15:24; 2 Chr. 18:2
22:3 b Deut. 4:43; Josh. 21:38; 1 Kin. 4:13
22:4 c 2 Kin. 3:7
22:5 d 2 Kin. 3:11
22:6 e 1 Kin. 18:19
22:6 1 The false prophets
22:7 f 2 Kin. 3:11
22:7 2 Or him
22:11 g Zech. 1:18–21
22:11 h Deut. 33:17
22:14 i Num. 22:38; 24:13
22:17 j Num. 27:17; 1 Kin. 22:34–36; 2 Chr. 18:16; Matt. 9:36; Mark 6:34
22:19 k Is. 6:1; Ezek. 1:26–28; Dan. 7:9
22:19 l Job 1:6; 2:1; Ps. 103:20; Dan. 7:10; Zech. 1:10; (Matt. 18:10; Heb. 1:7, 14)
22:22 m Judg. 9:23; 1 Sam. 16:14; 18:10; 19:9; Job 12:16; (Ezek. 14:9; 2 Thess. 2:11)
22:23 n (Ezek. 14:9)
22:24 o Jer. 20:2
22:24 p 2 Chr. 18:23
22:25 q 1 Kin. 20:30
22:27 r 2 Chr. 16:10; 18:25–27
22:28 s Num. 16:29; Deut. 18:20–22
22:30 t 2 Chr. 35:22
22:31 u 1 Kin. 20:1
22:31 v 1 Kin. 20:24; 2 Chr. 18:30
22:32 w 2 Chr. 18:31
22:38 x 1 Kin. 21:19
22:38 3 Tg., Syr. they washed his armor
22:39 y Ps. 45:8; Amos 3:15
22:40 z 2 Kin. 1:2, 18
22:40 4 Died and joined his ancestors
22:41 a 2 Chr. 20:31
22:43 b 2 Chr. 17:3; 20:32, 33
22:43 c 1 Kin. 14:23; 15:14; 2 Kin. 12:3
22:44 d 2 Chr. 19:2
22:44 e 2 Chr. 18:1
22:45 f 2 Chr. 20:34
22:46 g Gen. 19:5; Deut. 23:17; 1 Kin. 14:24; 15:12; 2 Kin. 23:7; Jude 7
22:46 5 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
22:47 h 2 Sam. 8:14; 2 Kin. 3:9; 8:20
22:48 i 2 Chr. 20:35–37
22:48 j 1 Kin. 10:22
22:48 k 1 Kin. 9:28
22:48 l 2 Chr. 20:37
22:48 m 1 Kin. 9:26
22:48 6 Or ships of Tarshish
22:50 n 2 Chr. 21:1
22:50 7 Died and joined his ancestors
22:51 o 1 Kin. 22:40
22:52 p 1 Kin. 15:26; 21:25
22:53 q Judg. 2:11
22:53 r 1 Kin. 16:30–32
22:53 8 In the same way that
Introduction to Second Kings
See 1 Kings for the Introductory Discussion.
The Second Book of the
KINGS
2 Kings 1
God Judges Ahaziah
1Moab arebelled against Israel bafter the death of Ahab.
2Now cAhaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of dBaal-Zebub,1 the god of eEkron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”
3But the 2angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’
4“Now therefore, thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” So Elijah departed.
5And when the messengers returned to 3him, he said to them, “Why have you come back?”
6So they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’ ”
7Then he said to them, “What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and told you these words?”
8So they answered him, f“A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.” And he said, g“It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”
10So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then hlet fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
11Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”
12So Elijah answered and said to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
13Again, he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and 4fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him: “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours ibe precious in your sight.
14“Look, fire has come down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your sight.”
15And the 5angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king.
16Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ”
17So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. Because he had no son, jJehoram6 became king in his place, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.
18Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 2
Elijah Ascends to Heaven
1And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to atake up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with bElisha from Gilgal.
2Then Elijah said to Elisha, c“Stay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, and das your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.
3Now ethe sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master 1from over you today?” And he said, “Yes, I know; keep silent!”
4Then Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they came to Jericho.
5Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?” So he answered, “Yes, I know; keep silent!”
6Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So the two of them went on.
7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and fit was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry gground.
9And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
10So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”
11Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly ha chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah iwent up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, j“My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.
13He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
14Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the LORD God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, kit was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over.
15Now when the sons of the prophets who were lfrom2 Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.
16Then they said to him, “Look now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master, mlest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send anyone.”
17But when they urged him till he was nashamed, he said, “Send them!” Therefore they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him.
18And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
Elisha Performs Miracles
19Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.”
20And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21Then he went out to the source of the water, and ocast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘I have 3healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ”
22So the water remains phealed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
23Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
24So he turned around and looked at them, and qpronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
25Then he went from there to rMount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
2 Kings 3
Moab Rebels Against Israel
1Now aJehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
2And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal bthat his father had made.
3Nevertheless he persisted in cthe sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.
4Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepbreeder, and he dregularly paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand elambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
5But it happened, when fAhab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
6So King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel.
7Then he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; gI am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
8Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?” And he answered, “By way of the Wilderness of Edom.”
9So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
10And the king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
11But hJehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who ipoured1 water on the hands of Elijah.”
12And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom jwent down to him.
13Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, k“What have I to do with you? lGo to mthe prophets of your father and the nprophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
14And Elisha said, o“As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you.
15“But now bring me pa musician.” Then it happened, when the musician qplayed, that rthe hand of the LORD came upon him.
16And he said, “Thus says the LORD: s‘Make this valley full of 2ditches.’
17“For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’
18“And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19“Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”
20Now it happened in the morning, when tthe grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were 3gathered; and they stood at the border.
22Then they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the water; and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood.
23And they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely struck swords and have killed one another; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!”
24So when they came to the camp of Israel, Israel rose up and attacked the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they entered their land, killing the Moabites.
