Hezekiah was sick unto death, in the same year in which the king of assyria besieged jerusalem. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. She is a type of the church as a whole see galatians 4. As he stretched himself out on him, the boys body grew warm. The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to elisha, your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the lord. Great service elisha had done, in the foregoing chapter, for the three kings.
It is a story of amazing fortitude of faith in god. We all have problems and experience lack in some way. Integral to understanding this event in elishas life are the various characters involved, as well as the scene of the action. As we said, our god is a god of deliverance and as a consequence the bible is full of cases that speak about people who trusted in him and were delivered. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. This applies to both the natural and spiritual realms. Verse click for chapter new international version one day elisha went to shunem. Home verse by verse bible commentary 2 kings chapter 4. The story takes place in the territory of issachar in northern israel. This means that there are twice as many of gods angels as there are of satans, not to mention that god himself is with us psalm 46. Elisha felt a special responsibility to help in this situation because he told the men to gather ingredients for the stew, and they gathered the wild vine that. Other than that he seems to get along well with his father and mothersomething read between the linesthe bible tells us very little else about this child.
Shunem was a village of galilee, situated in the territory assigned to issachar joshua 19. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. Bob utley, retired professor of hermeneutics bible interpretation. She said to her husband, behold now, i perceive that this is a holy man of god passing by us continually. He obtained for the good shunammite the blessing of a son in her old age 2 kings 4. The repetition of elishas direction to the shunammite is merely given as an introduction to the following narrative. This was the same servant of elisha who was cursed with leprosy in 2 kings 5. So elisha warned the woman that there would be a serious lack of food in israel. Coregent with predecessor or successor the years in brackets give alternative calculations. At some time after those events, god showed elisha what would happen during the next 7 years. These verses suggest see verse 23 they gathered together with others to hear the prophets on certain holy days to get biblical teaching. Chapter six of second kings begins with the sons of the prophets.
And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. For quotes in this quiz, the new international version is used, but any version should do. A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to elisha, saying, your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the lord. Then the water you take from the nile will become blood on the ground. View 2nd kings 4 in the note window lisha multiplies the widows oil. Division of the kingdom,1 kings 12 2 kings 16 see table on next page iv. Shunem overlooks the fertile plain of esdraelon jezreel toward mount carmel more than 15 miles distant where the prophet has a home.
By many repetitions the history of the prophets took a fixed shape long before it was committed to writing, and the written record preserves all the. Perhaps the spirit of the lord has left him on some mountain or in some. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves. One of these cases can be found in the same chapter of 2 kings and follows the record of the widow with the two sons. And he replied, as surely as the lord lives and as you live, i will not leave you. I kings 18 tells the incredible story of the prophet elijah and his showdown with the prophets of baal. Delivered sunday, may 6, 2007 at bethany bible church. The story of the shunammite woman shows the us on whom or what we place our faith is as important as having faith itself. And his mothers name was zibiah of beersheba 2 and jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the lord all his days wherein jehoiada the priest instructed him 3 but the high places were not taken away. Chapter four begins with a woman who was married to one of the sons of the prophets. She was in a conundrum, dealing with the death of her husband. The famine mentioned in verse 38 may be the sevenyear famine alluded to in 2 kings 8.
What is this situation, in verse 1, a type and shadow of. Because of gods providence, the man or woman who trusts in god can in every circumstanceconfidently look to the future and say, no matter what, i know it will be well. Chapter 9 will relate ahaziahs death at the hands of jehu. The kindness of the good shunammite to elisha, was rewarded by the care taken of her in famine. My lesson title here is how god guides us through difficult times. Miracles connected with a widow and a barren woman. Stephen on 2 kings 6 when satan was kicked out of heaven isaiah 14. And elisha said to him, go, say to him, you shall certainly recover. Genesis exodus leviticus numbers deuteronomy joshua judges ruth the first book of samuel the second book of samuel the first book of kings the second book of kings the first book of chronicles the second book of chronicles ezra nehemiah esther job book psalms proverbs ecclesiastes song of solomon isaiah jeremiah lamentations ezekiel daniel hosea joel amos obadiah jonah micah nahum habakkuk. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition. And elisha saw it, and he cried, my father, my father, the chariot of israel, and the horsemen thereof. Who was the woman who cried out to elisha in verse 1. Introduction as with all the events and miracles in the life and ministry of elisha, 2 kings 4.
While gathering or hanging out elisha performed miracles for the prophets. Her offspring, a boy, is born as the result of an abrahamandsarahlike miracle ii kings 4. Then moab rebelled against israel after the death of ahab 1. Five of elishas miracles of mercy all of the miracles of this chapter are miracles of mercy. They desired for elisha the prophet hangout with them, and he concurs.
The first and the last consist of multiplying food, thus belonging to the same class as our lords feeding of the four and the five thousands and elijahs increasing the meal and the oil of the widow of sarepta 1 kings 17. And ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in samaria, and was sick. The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of israel and judah by a deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century bce, with a supplement added in the sixth century bce. Now elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years. The most literal rendering would be, and the day came when. It seems strange that a severely afflicted leper would be a counselor to a king, so it seems that either gehazi was granted healing from his leprosy or that this actually took place before the events of 2 kings 5. And a welltodo woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. Voice bible studies, the books of kings, 2 kings 8.
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