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2 Kings · read by James Jennings
73 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
2 Kings 4
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Then the woman said to her husband, "Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call the Shunammite woman." And when he had called her, she stood before him,Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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and Elisha said to Gehazi, "Now tell her, 'Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?'" "I have a home among my own people," she replied.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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So he asked, "Then what should be done for her?" "Well, she has no son," Gehazi replied, "and her husband is old."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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"Call her," said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And Elisha declared, "At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord," she said. "Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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"My head! My head!" he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And the woman called her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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"Why would you go to him today?" he replied. "It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath." "Everything is all right," she said.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, "Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, there is the Shunammite woman.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Please run out now to meet her and ask, 'Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?'" And she answered, "Everything is all right."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn't I say, 'Do not deceive me?'"Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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And the mother of the boy said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he got up and followed her.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, "The boy has not awakened."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunammite woman." So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, "Pick up your son."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
2 Kings 5
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Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master's sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman's wife.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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She said to her mistress, "If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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"Go now," said the king of Aram, "and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: "With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, "Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!"Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: "Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, "Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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But Naaman went away angry, saying, "I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?" So he turned and went away in a rage.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Naaman's servants, however, approached him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'?"Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, "Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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But Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it." And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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"If you will not," said Naaman, "please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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"Go in peace," said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, "Is everything all right?"Read from ESV · Gehazi - How to Identify a Liar
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"Everything is all right," Gehazi replied. "My master has sent me to say, 'I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.'"Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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But Naaman insisted, "Please, take two talents." And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.Read from ESV · Gehazi - How to Identify a Liar
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When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, "Gehazi, where have you been?" "Your servant did not go anywhere," he replied.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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But Elisha questioned him, "Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
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Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!" And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.Read from ESV · The Evangelistic Little Girl and Naaman the War Hero
2 Kings 6
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Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, "My camp will be in such and such a place."Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there."Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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But one of his servants replied, "No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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So the king said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him." On receiving the report, "Elisha is in Dothan,"Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike these people with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see." Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?"Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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"Do not kill them," he replied. "Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master."Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
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Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.Read from ESV · Do You Have a True Perspective of Reality
2 Kings 8
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Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
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When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now."Read from ESV · The Shunammite Woman's Faith Is To Be Praised
2 Kings 16
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In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.Read from ESV · Ahaz's Faithless Response While In Distress
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Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.Read from ESV · Ahaz's Faithless Response While In Distress
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And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.Read from ESV · Ahaz's Faithless Response While In Distress
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Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.Read from ESV · Ahaz's Faithless Response While In Distress
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So Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.Read from ESV · Ahaz's Faithless Response While In Distress
2 Kings 19
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And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Read from NASB1995 · Are You Giving God the Glory