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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. Thus there shall be a successor to carry on your work when you have really done your part of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazuel shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. God heard the prayer that Elijah had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. How this gracious assurance must have revived the prophet’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So he departed thence,- Cheered and comforted, he went back to his work without uttering another word, and we do not read of his spirit flagging again: “So he departed thence,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, And said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah and ministered unto him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine, thy wives also and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; Yet I will end my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I denied him not. And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. Wherefore he said unto...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. As much as to say, “I will bring so many against you that all the dust of the city would not be enough to furnish a handful each.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. That was a sharp shrewd check to the boasting of the Syrian king.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. And he said, — In his drunken fury,” he said,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. They were not to be so easily taken as Benhadad imagined.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the King of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. Another year would bring another war, so they must be prepared.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. It was a current heathenish idea, that there was one god for a mountain, another for a stream, another for a plain; and these men imagined...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: “Do not let the kings, who have their own armies, govern them, for that creates divisions in the camp; but appoint captains in their place.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to...