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2 Kings · read by Ron Bailey
26 verses, in order. Only the verses Ron read aloud are shown.
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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.Read from KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house.Read from KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
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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 KJV · The Baptism (Part 3)
2 Kings 18
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In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.Read from ESV · Hezekiah
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He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.Read from KJV · Hezekiah
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And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.Read from KJV · Hezekiah
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He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.Read from KJV · Hezekiah
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Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.Read from KJV · Hezekiah
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He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.Read from KJV · Hezekiah
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And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me." And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
2 Kings 20
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Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, "Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?" "They came from a distant land," Hezekiah replied, "from Babylon."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me