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highlighted 2 Kings 3:15 NLT
Now bring me someone who can play the harp.” While the harp was being played, the power of the LORD came upon Elisha,
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:14 NLT
Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn’t even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:13 NLT
“Why are you coming to me?” Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!” But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:12 NLT
Jehoshaphat said, “Yes, the LORD speaks through him.” So the king of Israel, King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Edom went to consult with Elisha.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:11 NLT
But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD with us? If there is, we can ask the LORD what to do through him.” One of King Joram’s officers replied, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah’s personal assistant.”
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:10 NLT
“What should we do?” the king of Israel cried out. “The LORD has brought the three of us here to let the king of Moab defeat us.”
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:7 NLT
On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:5 NLT
But after Ahab’s death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:3 NLT
Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 3:2 NLT
He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not to the same extent as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
Mar 27
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:23 NLT
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!”
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:22 NLT
And the water has remained pure ever since, just as Elisha said.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:21 NLT
Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.”
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:18 NLT
Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he asked.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:17 NLT
But they kept urging him until they shamed him into agreeing, and he finally said, “All right, send them.” So fifty men searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:16 NLT
“Sir,” they said, “just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” “No,” Elisha said, “don’t send them.”
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:15 NLT
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah’s spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:14 NLT
He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:13 NLT
Elisha picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River.
Mar 26
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highlighted 2 Kings 2:12 NLT
Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.
Mar 26