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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. She did not believe in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he arose, and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. He went in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them companies of young men whom they instructed in the holy Scripture and in the truths of revelation. Many of these young men became prophets themselves and were the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. His presence would be an encouragement to them; his holy conversation would make their work more pleasant,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. These young men were too poor to buy tools of their own, and they therefore asked for a kindly loan of an axe-head that they might use it in the Lord’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. God can do all things, he can make iron swim-we cannot-and yet you see the prophet did it, and he did it by the use of a stick. He cut down a stick. Was there any connection between the stick and the iron? I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. Of course, he wanted to keep it secret, and pounce upon Israel here and there without notice and so win an easy victory.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place for thither the Syrians are come down. And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; He...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he called his servants and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O King. There is no traitor here, there is no one who blabs out the royal secrets, not anyone,
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But ‘Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the King of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.’” For the Lord knows what we say in the bedchamber when no ears can hear; if we speak to ourselves he hears it, and if we whisper in all quietness into the ear of one who will never repeat, it is written in the book of the divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. Not a very wise project, for if Elisha knew all about the words of the king it was not very likely that he would catch him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, beheld, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he sSaw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. More of these horses of fire than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. In all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. In the central square of the city. They opened their eyes and found themselves caught like rats in a trap. What cannot God do!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? His hand was on his sword, he would call his men to come forward with their lances. “My father shall I smite them?” See the fine spirit of the prophet, the magnanimity of the man of God!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? For if you had conquered them in fair fight you would not think of killing them; I have captured them by God’s power, I have taken them prisoners and they had not be put to death. 2Ki_6:22. Set bread and water before...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. Now mark the consequences. 2Ki_6:23. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. No, they could not come any more to vex a people who had treated them so generously, and thus the man of God was master of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son, of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. “Seventeen years” —...