X audio is now playing, turn on your speakers and raise volume. Let us go, we pray thee, unto jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. It all begins with elisha who announced the words of the lord in regards to the famine. Week 8, chapter 6 last weeks lesson in 2 nd kings 5 revolved around the gentile syrian army commander naaman, who gave us a surprising look at the most foundational principles of the gospel. The company of the prophets said to elisha, look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Therefore the king of assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. The waters of the jordan river rolled back twice 2. This is the holy book of 1 kings, known as the second book of the kings, otherwise called the fourth book of the kings. Chapter 6 page 319 the second book of the kings the. Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This place where we live with you is too cramped for us. What word of encouragement does elisha speak to the king of israel. That it might be observed how exactly the prophecies were fulfilled. Second book of kings chapter 6 kjv audio bible youtube.
Jfb commentary on 2nd kings chapter 6 christians unite. This section calls our attention to the hostilities that israel was experiencing with the king of aram syria. This is one of those lessons where it is best to explain briefly the stories that take place within the chapters and then give my lesson title and why we should read the whole thing. He could not still persuade small groups of soldiers to attack. Elisha revealed it to the king of israel the place where the arameans are setting up camp v. One man from the company of prophets told elisha that they should build a new tent near the jordan river since their current meeting place was too small. Second kings features many unique events and people. And then elisha said,see the following chapter, where the removal of the calamity is foretold in the most explicit manner. They desired for elisha the prophet hangout with them, and he concurred. Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow.
We read before of a shuuammite woman that was a kind benefactor to elisha. I say surprising because most believers even seekers expect to find such principles not in the old testament but the new. They desired for elisha the prophet hangout with them, and he concurs. And elisha said unto him, as the lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, i will not. The one points to a common residencethe other to a common place of meeting. The principle source of these hostilities continued in the form of invading bands or plundering parties who would make border raids against the jews cf. The seventh chapter should have begun with 2 kings 6. While gathering or hanging out elisha performed miracles for the prophets. Melachim i i kings chapter 6 tanakh online torah bible. Chapter six of second kings begins with the sons of the prophets.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, if ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your masters sons, and come to me to jezreel by to morrow this time. Check out adam as he shares an encouraging word from 2 kings 6. 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. The place was either bethel or jericho, probably the latter. And when they came to the jordan, they cut down trees. Let us go to the jordan, where each of us can get a pole.
Introduction this section calls our attention to the hostilities that israel was experiencing with the king of aram syria. The word translated live can also be understood as sit. The tenor of the narrative shows the humble condition of elishas pupils. And it came to pass, when the lord would take up elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that elijah went with elisha from gilgal. The repetition of elishas direction to the shunammite is merely given as an introduction to the following narrative. Second kings continues the history of the divided kingdom, picking up the story around 853 bc. Oct 29, 2015 the second book of kings chapter 6 dramatized king james version hosanna faith comes by hearing english c2kjv public domain p 1997 hosanna all rig. And when he showed him the place, the man of god cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float. Bible teaching from second kings chapter 6 verses 17.
And that devine presence envelopes the entire universe at any given point in time and space. Chapter 6 1 and it was in the four hundred and eightieth year after the departure of the children of israel from egypt, in the fourth year, in the month ziv, which is the second month of solomons reign over israel, that he did begin to build the house of the lord. His disclosing to the king of israel the secret counsels of the king of syria 2 kings 6. Let us go, we pray thee, unto jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we. That was agreat wonderful chapter on the power of faith, trust,holy spirit in. The passages of story recorded in this chapter oblige us to look back. 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.
But elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. Now the king s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. Chapter seven of second kings is about elisha and the syrian armenian army attempting to attack samaria. And elijah said unto elisha, tarry here, i pray thee.
And the sons of the prophets said unto elisha, behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. David guzik commentary on 2 kings 6 describes how god protects elisha from the syrians and opens his servants eyes to see the spiritual protection. Enoch was the only other man in the bible to do so genesis 5. While gathering or hanging out, elisha performed some miracles for the young prophets. Elisha threw a stick on to the spot where the ax dropped into the water v. And the sons of the prophets said to elisha, see now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us. The prophet elijah left this earth without dying 2. The holy bible book 12 2 kings kjv dramatized audio. In 722 bc, the powerful nation of assyria invaded the northern kingdom, scattering and taking captive the people of israel.
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