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highlighted 2 Kings 4:44 NLT
And when they gave it to the people, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the LORD had promised.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:43 NLT
“What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?” But Elisha repeated, “Give it to the people so they can eat, for this is what the LORD says: Everyone will eat, and there will even be some left over!”
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:40 NLT
Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there’s poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:41 NLT
Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:38-39 NLT
Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.” One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:37 NLT
She fell at his feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her arms and carried him downstairs.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:36 NLT
Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. “Call the child’s mother!” he said. And when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take your son!”
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:35 NLT
Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:34 NLT
Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’s eyes, and his hands on the child’s hands. And as he stretched out on him, the child’s body began to grow warm again!
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:31-32 NLT
Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.” When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:30 NLT
But the boy’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won’t go home unless you go with me.” So Elisha returned with her.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:29 NLT
Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face.”
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:27 NLT
But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone. She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has not told me what it is.”
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:22 NLT
She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.”
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:21 NLT
She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 4:20 NLT
So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died.
Mar 28
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:27 NLT
Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:26 NLT
When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:22-25 NLT
But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood. “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!” But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went. They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:16-19 NLT
and he said, “This is what the LORD says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water! You will see neither wind nor rain, says the LORD, but this valley will be filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals. But this is only a simple thing for the LORD, for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab! You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”
Mar 27