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2 KINGS CHAPTER 1

• 2 Kings 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
• 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamberthat was in Samaria, and was sick:and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god ofEkron whether I shall recover of this disease.
• 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise,go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebubthe god of Ekron?
• 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come downfrom that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijahdeparted.
• 1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said untothem, Why are ye now turned back?
• 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, andsaid unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thussaith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire ofBaalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed onwhich thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
• 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, andtold you these words?
• 1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. Andhe said, It is Elijah theTishbite.
• 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with hisfifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And hespake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
• 2 Kings 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain offifty, If I be a man of God, then letfire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came downfire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
• 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty withhis fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the kingsaid, Come down quickly.
• 1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come downfrom heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down fromheaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
• 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with hisfifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his kneesbefore Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee,let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thysight.
• 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up thetwo captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life nowbe precious in thy sight.
• 1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down withhim: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto theking.
• 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thouhast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquireof his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou artgone up, but shalt surely die.
• 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijahhad spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram theson of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
• 1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book ofthe chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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2 KINGS CHAPTER 2

• 2 Kings 2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take upElijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
• 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for theLORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leavethee. So they went down to Bethel.
• 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha,and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thyhead to day? And he said, Yea, I know it;hold ye your peace.
• 2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee;for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leavethee. So they came to Jericho.
• 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, andsaid unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thyhead to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
• 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for theLORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thysoul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
• 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood toview afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
• 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters,and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dryground.
• 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijahsaid unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away fromthee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be uponme.
• 2 Kings 2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shallbe so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
• 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked,that, behold, there appeared achariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijahwent up by a whirlwind into heaven.
• 2:12 And Elisha saw it,and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsementhereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rentthem in two pieces.
• 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, andwent back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
• 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, andsmote the waters, and said, Where isthe LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they partedhither and thither: and Elisha went over.
• 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, theysaid, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, andbowed themselves to the ground before him.
• 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thyservants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lestperadventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon somemountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
• 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send.They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
• 2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried atJericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
• 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I praythee, the situation of this city ispleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
• 2 Kings 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salttherein. And they brought it tohim.
• 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and castthe salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters;there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
• 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to thesaying of Elisha which he spake.
• 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was goingup by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him,and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
• 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them inthe name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, andtare forty and two children of them.
• 2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence hereturned to Samaria.

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2 KINGS CHAPTER 3

• 2 Kings 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign overIsrael in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reignedtwelve years.
• 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not likehis father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that hisfather had made.
• 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son ofNebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
• 3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered untothe king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, withthe wool.
• 3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king ofMoab rebelled against the king of Israel.
• 3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, andnumbered all Israel.
• 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah,saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me againstMoab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
• 3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, Theway through the wilderness of Edom.
• 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and theking of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there wasno water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
• 2 Kings 3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORDhath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand ofMoab!
• 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD byhim? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, whichpoured water on the hands of Elijah.
• 3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. Sothe king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
• 3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to dowith thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thymother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath calledthese three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
• 3:14 And Elisha said, Asthe LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regardthe presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, norsee thee.
• 3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when theminstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
• 3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full ofditches.
• 3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neithershall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye maydrink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
• 3:18 And this is but alight thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also intoyour hand.
• 3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city,and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every goodpiece of land with stones.
• 2 Kings 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meatoffering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and thecountry was filled with water.
• 3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come upto fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, andupward, and stood in the border.
• 3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shoneupon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
• 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: nowtherefore, Moab, to the spoil.
• 3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelitesrose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they wentforward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
• 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece ofland cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells ofwater, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stonesthereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
• 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sorefor him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but theycould not.
• 3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in hisstead, and offered him for a burntoffering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and theydeparted from him, and returned to theirown land.

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2 KINGS CHAPTER 4

• 2 Kings 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of thesons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; andthou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come totake unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
• 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me,what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing inthe house, save a pot of oil.
• 4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thyneighbours, even empty vessels;borrow not a few.
• 4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon theeand upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt setaside that which is full.
• 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon hersons, who brought the vessels to her;and she poured out.
• 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that shesaid unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And theoil stayed.
• 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sellthe oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
• 4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and sheconstrained him to eat bread. And soit was, that as oft as he passed by,he turned in thither to eat bread.
• 4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive thatthis is an holy man of God, whichpasseth by us continually.
• 2 Kings 4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on thewall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and acandlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn inthither.
• 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turnedinto the chamber, and lay there.
• 4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. Andwhen he had called her, she stood before him.
• 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hastbeen careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thoube spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, Idwell among mine own people.
• 4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazianswered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
• 4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stoodin the door.
• 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time oflife, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie untothine handmaid.
• 4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season thatElisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
• 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he wentout to his father to the reapers.
• 4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he saidto a lad, Carry him to his mother.
• 2 Kings 4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to hismother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
• 4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God,and shut the door upon him, and wentout.
• 4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I praythee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man ofGod, and come again.
• 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath.And she said, It shall be well.
• 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, andgo forward; slack not thy riding forme, except I bid thee.
• 4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel.And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said toGehazi his servant, Behold, yonder isthat Shunammite:
• 4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And sheanswered, It is well.
• 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caughthim by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of Godsaid, Let her alone; for her soul isvexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
• 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say,Do not deceive me?
• 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staffin thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if anysalute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of thechild.
• 2 Kings 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leavethee. And he arose, and followed her.
• 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff uponthe face of the child; but there wasneither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him,saying, The child is not awaked.
• 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the childwas dead, and laid upon his bed.
• 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, andprayed unto the LORD.
• 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouthupon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and hestretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
• 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; andwent up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, andthe child opened his eyes.
• 4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So hecalled her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
• 4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself tothe ground, and took up her son, and went out.
• 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; andthe sons of the prophets were sittingbefore him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethepottage for the sons of the prophets.
• 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found awild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: forthey knew them not.
• 2 Kings 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it cameto pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And theycould not eat thereof.
• 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pourout for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
• 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the manof God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of cornin the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
• 4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before anhundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saiththe LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
• 4:44 So he set itbefore them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

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