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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:43 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday April 13 >2 Kings 1-3 (The Message) > > 2 Kings 1 > 1After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. > 2 One day Ahaziah fell through the balcony railing on the rooftop of his > house in Samaria and was > injured. He sent messengers off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, > "Am I going to recover from > this accident?" 3-4 God's angel spoke to Elijah the Tishbite: "Up on your > feet! Go out and meet the > messengers of the king of Samaria with this word, 'Is it because there's > no God in Israel that > you're running off to consult Baal-Zebub god of Ekron?' Here's a message > from the God you've tried > to bypass: 'You're not going to get out of that bed you're in-you're as > good as dead already.'" > Elijah delivered the message and was gone. > > 5 The messengers went back. The king said, "So why are you back so > soon-what's going on?" > > 6 They told him, "A man met us and said, 'Turn around and go back to the > king who sent you; tell > him, God's message: Is it because there's no God in Israel that you're > running off to consult > Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? You needn't bother. You're not going to get out > of that bed you're > in-you're as good as dead already.'" > > 7 The king said, "Tell me more about this man who met you and said these > things to you. What was he > like?" > > 8 "Shaggy," they said, "and wearing a leather belt." > > He said, "That has to be Elijah the Tishbite!" > > 9 The king sent a captain with fifty men to Elijah. Meanwhile Elijah was > sitting, big as life, on > top of a hill. The captain said, "O Holy Man! King's orders: Come down!" > > 10 Elijah answered the captain of the fifty, "If it's true that I'm a > 'holy man,' lightning strike > you and your fifty men!" Out of the blue lightning struck and incinerated > the captain and his fifty. > > 11 The king sent another captain with his fifty men, "O Holy Man! King's > orders: Come down. And > right now!" > > 12 Elijah answered, "If it's true that I'm a 'holy man,' lightning strike > you and your fifty men!" > Immediately a divine lightning bolt struck and incinerated the captain and > his fifty. > > 13-14 The king then sent a third captain with his fifty men. For a third > time, a captain with his > fifty approached Elijah. This one fell on his knees in supplication: "O > Holy Man, have respect for > my life and the souls of these fifty men! Twice now lightning from out of > the blue has struck and > incinerated captains with their fifty men; please, I beg you, respect my > life!" > > 15 The angel of God told Elijah, "Go ahead; and don't be afraid." Elijah > got up and went down with > him to the king. > > 16 Elijah told him, "God's word: Because you sent messengers to consult > Baal-Zebub the god of > Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel to whom you could pray, you'll > never get out of that bed > alive-already you're as good as dead." > > 17 And he died, exactly as God's word spoken by Elijah had said. > > Because Ahaziah had no son, his brother Joram became the next king. The > succession took place in > the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. > > 18 The rest of Ahaziah's life is recorded in The Chronicles of the Kings > of Israel. > > 2 Kings 2 > 1-2 Just before God took Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and > Elisha were on a walk out of > Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here. God has sent me on an errand to > Bethel." > Elisha said, "Not on your life! I'm not letting you out of my sight!" > So they both went to > Bethel. > > 3 The guild of prophets at Bethel met Elisha and said, "Did you know that > God is going to take your > master away from you today?" > > "Yes," he said, "I know it. But keep it quiet." > > 4 Then Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here. God has sent me on an errand to > Jericho." > > Elisha said, "Not on your life! I'm not letting you out of my sight!" > So they both went to > Jericho. > > 5 The guild of prophets at Jericho came to Elisha and said, "Did you know > that God is going to take > your master away from you today?" > > "Yes," he said, "I know it. But keep it quiet." > > 6 Then Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here. God has sent me on an errand to > the Jordan." > > Elisha said, "Not on your life! I'm not letting you out of my sight!" > And so the two of them > went their way together. > > 7 Meanwhile, fifty men from the guild of prophets gathered some distance > away while the two of them > stood at the Jordan. > > 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and hit the water with it. The > river divided and the two men > walked through on dry land. > > 9 When they reached the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, "What can I do > for you before I'm taken > from you? Ask anything." > > Elisha said, "Your life repeated in my life. I want to be a holy man > just like you." > > 10 "That's a hard one!" said Elijah. "But if you're watching when I'm > taken from you, you'll get > what you've asked for. But only if you're watching." > > 11-14 And so it happened. They were walking along and talking. Suddenly a > chariot and horses of > fire came between them and Elijah went up in a whirlwind to heaven. Elisha > saw it all and shouted, > "My father, my father! You-the chariot and cavalry of Israel!" When he > could no longer see anything, > he grabbed his robe and ripped it to pieces. Then he picked up Elijah's > cloak that had fallen from > him, returned to the shore of the Jordan, and stood there. He took > Elijah's cloak-all that was left > of Elijah!-and hit the river with it, saying, "Now where is the God of > Elijah? Where is he?" > > When he struck the water, the river divided and Elisha walked through. > > 15 The guild of prophets from Jericho saw the whole thing from where they > were standing. They said, > "The spirit of Elijah lives in Elisha!" They welcomed and honored him. > > 16 They then said, "We're at your service. We have fifty reliable men > here; let's send them out to > look for your master. Maybe God's spirit has swept him off to some > mountain or dropped him into a > remote ravine." > > Elisha said, "No. Don't send them." > > 17 But they pestered him until he caved in: "Go ahead then. Send them." > > So they sent the fifty men off. For three days they looked, searching > high and low. Nothing. > > 18 Finally, they returned to Elisha in Jericho. He told them, "So there- > didn't I tell you?" > > 19 One day the men of the city said to Elisha, "You can see for yourself, > master, how well our city > is located. But the water is polluted and nothing grows." > > 20 He said, "Bring me a brand-new bowl and put some salt in it." They > brought it to him. > > 21-22 He then went to the spring, sprinkled the salt into it, and > proclaimed, "God's word: I've > healed this water. It will no longer kill you or poison your land." And > sure enough, the water was > healed-and remains so to this day, just as Elisha said. > > 23 Another time, Elisha was on his way to Bethel and some little kids came > out from the town and > taunted him, "What's up, old baldhead! Out of our way, skinhead!" > > 24 Elisha turned, took one look at them, and cursed them in the name of > God. Two bears charged out > of the underbrush and knocked them about, ripping them limb from > limb-forty-two children in all! > > 25 Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and then returned to Samaria. > > 2 Kings 3 > Joram of Israel > 1-3 Joram son of Ahab began his rule over Israel in Samaria in the > eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat > king of Judah. He was king for twelve years. In God's sight he was a bad > king. But he wasn't as bad > as his father and mother-to his credit he destroyed the obscene Baal stone > that his father had made. > But he hung on to the sinful practices of Jeroboam son of Nebat, the ones > that had corrupted Israel > for so long. He wasn't about to give them up. > 4-7 King Mesha of Moab raised sheep. He was forced to give the king of > Israel 100,000 lambs and > another 100,000 rams. When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against > the king of Israel. So King > Joram set out from Samaria and prepared Israel for war. His first move was > to send a message to > Jehoshaphat king of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. > Would you join me and fight > him?" > > 7-8 "I'm with you all the way," said Jehoshaphat. "My troops are your > troops, my horses are your > horses. Which route shall we take?" > > "Through the badlands of Edom." > > 9 The king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom started out > on what proved to be a > looping detour. After seven days they had run out of water for both army > and animals. > > 10 The king of Israel said, "Bad news! God has gotten us three kings out > here to dump us into the > hand of Moab." > > 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there a prophet of God anywhere around > through whom we can consult > God?" > > One of the servants of the king of Israel said, "Elisha son of Shaphat > is around somewhere-the > one who was Elijah's right-hand man." > > 12 Jehoshaphat said, "Good! A man we can trust!" So the three of them- the > king of Israel, > Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom-went to meet him. > > 13 Elisha addressed the king of Israel, "What do you and I have in common? > Go consult the > puppet-prophets of your father and mother." > > "Never!" said the king of Israel. "It's God who has gotten us into this > fix, dumping all three > of us kings into the hand of Moab." > > 14-15 Elisha said, "As God-of-the-Angel-Armies lives, and before whom I > stand ready to serve, if it > weren't for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I wouldn't > give you the time of day. > But considering-bring me a minstrel." (When a minstrel played, the power > of God came on Elisha.) > > 16-19 He then said, "God's word: Dig ditches all over this valley. Here's > what will happen-you > won't hear the wind, you won't see the rain, but this valley is going to > fill up with water and your > army and your animals will drink their fill. This is easy for God to do; > he will also hand over Moab > to you. You will ravage the country: Knock out its fortifications, level > the key villages, clear-cut > the orchards, clog the springs, and litter the cultivated fields with > stones." > > 20 In the morning-it was at the hour of morning sacrifice-the water had > arrived, water pouring in > from the west, from Edom, a flash flood filling the valley with water. > > 21-22 By this time everyone in Moab had heard that the kings had come up > to make war against them. > Everyone who was able to handle a sword was called into service and took a > stand at the border. They > were up and ready early in the morning when the sun rose over the water. > From where the Moabites > stood, the water reflecting the sun looked red, like blood. > > 23 "Blood! Look at the blood!" they said. "The kings must have fought each > other-a bloody massacre! > Go for the loot, Moab!" > > 24-25 When Moab entered the camp of Israel, the Israelites were up on > their feet killing Moabites > right and left, the Moabites running for their lives, Israelites > relentless in pursuit-a slaughter. > They leveled the towns, littered the cultivated fields with rocks, clogged > the springs, and > clear-cut the orchards. Only the capital, Kir Hareseth, was left intact, > and that not for long; it > too was surrounded and attacked with thrown and flung rocks. > > 26-27 When the king of Moab realized that he was fighting a losing battle, > he took seven hundred > swordsmen to hack a corridor past the king of Edom, but they didn't make > it. Then he took his son, > his firstborn who would succeed him as king, and sacrificed him on the > city wall. That set off > furious anger against Israel. Israel pulled back and returned home. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
