Category Archives: 2 Kings

Hezekiah’s Crossing Over

Posted on January 17, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will … Continue reading →

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Indictments

Posted on January 16, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. This is the word that the Lord has spoken … Continue reading →

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Undiscovered Country

Posted on January 15, 2015 by wamplerp

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”   … Continue reading →

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Assyrians at the Aqueduct

Posted on January 14, 2015 by wamplerp

The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, … Continue reading →

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Resettlement on the River

Posted on January 13, 2015 by wamplerp

In King Hezekiah’s fourth year, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. … Continue reading →

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Slaughter by the Well

Posted on January 12, 2015 by wamplerp

The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? Know, then, that not a word the … Continue reading →

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Tears for Treachery

Posted on January 11, 2015 by wamplerp

Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet … Continue reading →

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Open up the Floodgates

Posted on January 10, 2015 by wamplerp

One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these Israelites who … Continue reading →

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These are not the Droids you are looking for…

Posted on January 9, 2015 by wamplerp

As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord , “Strike this army with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.   Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not … Continue reading →

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Floating Axe Heads

Posted on January 7, 2015 by wamplerp

  The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build … Continue reading →

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