Tag: 2 Kings

2 Kings 13 – 14I had never heard the story of the Israelite who was brought back to life when he was cast into the sepulcher of Elisha. It does not appear that they had any idea of restoring him, they were simply in a hurry to bury him – what faith was it operating…

2 Kings 12Why did th servants of Joash murder him? It seems to me that he was doing well for both the Lord and the kingdom. I think it is interesting that the record notes that those repairing the temple were so honest that the priests and scribes did not need to require an accounting…

2 Kings 10 – 11Jehu was very thorough in destroying the worshippers of Baal but the lasting damage of Jeraboams choice to substitute the worship of golden calves for true worship of the God of Israel is evident in the fact that Jehu continued that practice after so aggressively ridding the land of Baal-worship. I…

2 Kings 9I wound why Elisha chose to delegate the task of announcing Jehu as king. It’s interesting that Jehu commanded that Jezebel be buried after the prophecy that the dogs should eat her and she would not be buried. When the men went to get her the dogs had eaten all but her skull,…

2 Kings 8This is an interesting chapter. Elisha tells the woman whose child he brought back to life that there will be seven years of famine and tells her to go somewhere to preserve her household. What really interested me was where Elisha prophesied to Hazael that the king of Syria would recover from his…

2 Kings 7When the Syrian army fled from their tents because they heard the sound of a great multitude that they assumed was a mercenary army purchased by Israel I had always thought that the Israelites heard the miraculous sound but I guess they didn’t. I’m wonderin how they have a record of what they…

2 Kings 6The miracles of Elisha seem to come often for trivial reasons. He does not call down fire from heaven to convince the people to worship the Lord rather than Baal, instead he multiplies oil so that a widow can pay her debts or he causes an axe to float so that the man…

2 Kings 5I don’t understand why Gehazi took it upon himself to take the goods from Naaman that Elisha had refused. Apparently he thought that Elisha did so without some purpose.

2 Kings 3 – 4Once again I am left to wonder how anyone could bring themselves to serve a god who would demand or even accept the sacrifice of their own children. At least in the case of Abraham he had the conundrum of knowing perfectly that it was the Lord asking him to sacrifice…

2 Kings 2I wonder if Elijah was testing Elisha with his repeated invitations to stay behind at every leg of his journey. I also wonder why Elisha cursed the children for mocking him. Did he mean for them to be killed? Was their mocking more serious than simply calling attention to his baldness?