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2 Kings 4
Book of Kings
2 Kings 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest
that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my
two sons to be bondmen.
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 in the house, save a
pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty
vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy
sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that
which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who
brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
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Elisha fifth miracle
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2 Kings 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets
which were to view at Jericho saw him, they
said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves
to the ground before him.
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Doth rest = Rest in "double portion" according
to 2 Kings 2:9. Seen in the fact that Elijah
wrought eight miracles and Elisha sixteen, and
all were parables in action.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son,
Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the
oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay
thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
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Debt = creditor
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Children = sons
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman;
and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed
by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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Great = wealthy or a person of position
9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man
of God, which passeth by us continually.
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She could feel the Holy Spirit around him
10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for
him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be,
when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber,
and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had
called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us
with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to
the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine
own people.
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Elisha asked what can I do for you?
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She said I already have all I need, notice she
would of ask for anything but she didn't
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She was happy helping Elisha because she knew he
was a man of God
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she
hath no child, and her husband is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt
embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto
thine handmaid.
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Elisha told her she would have a child
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said
unto her, according to the time of life.
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Nine months later, she conceived a bare a son
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The sixth miracle of Elisha
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Remember God uses men to bring forth His plan
18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers.
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry
him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees
till noon, and then died.
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door
upon him, and went out.
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She knows God blessed her with a child and
Elisha could help her son
22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the
young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come
again.
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.
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It shall be well = never mind = she was in a
hurry and didn't have time to explain
24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward;
slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
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 to Gehazi his servant,
Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
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 she answered, It is
well.
27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet:
but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone;
for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not
told me.
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Thrust her away = cast away
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Vexed within her = bitter
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Elisha knows something is wrong with her son
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive
me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand,
and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee,
answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
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Elisha said, I won't leave you
31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the
child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet
him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid
upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the
Lord.
34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and
his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself
upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and
stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child
opened his eyes.
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This was the 7th miracle of Elisha
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The child opened his eyes and he was alive
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Seven =
spiritual completion,
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And
when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
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He said, your son lives again
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and
took up her son, and went out.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the
sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set
on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and
gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot
of pottage: for they knew them not.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to 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 they could not eat thereof.
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There is death in the pot = for that which
causes death
41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour
out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
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No harm in the pot = no evil thing
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Meal = bread
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Christ is the bread of life
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Eighth miracle of Elisha's
42 And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of
the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk
thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said
again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall
eat, and shall leave thereof.
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Example = Christ feeding the multitudes
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Matthew 14:20 And they did all eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the fragments that
remained twelve baskets full.
21 And they that had eaten were about five
thousand men, beside women and children.
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Matthew 15:34 And Jesus saith unto them, How
many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a
few little fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on
the ground.
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Servitor = attendant = one who serves
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An hundred men = miracles of feeding multitudes
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Elisha's ninth miracle
44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to
the word of the Lord.
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There was enough for all, meaning the bread of
life is with us. The Lord can feed us all
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People are spiritual dead to God's Word, they
don't study His word.
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Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the Lord was upon me,
and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which
was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about:
and, behold, there were very many in the open
valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these
bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou
knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear
the word of the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones;
Behold, I will cause breath to enter
into you, and ye shall live:
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Ezekiel 37:10 So I prophesied as he commanded
me, and the breath came into them,
and they lived, and stood up upon their
feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man,
these bones are the whole house of Israel:
behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our
hope is lost: we are cut off
for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my
people, I will open your graves, and cause you
to come up out of your graves, and bring you
into the land of Israel.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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