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Bible Reading for June 22

Bible, King James Version
2 Kings


2 Kings 1
[1] Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. [2] And
Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in
Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this
disease.
[3] But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron?
[4] Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
[5] And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are ye now turned back?
[6] And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto
us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou
sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not
come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[7] And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
[8] And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. [9] Then
the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to
him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou
man of God, the king hath said, Come down. [10] And Elijah answered and
said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down
from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from
heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. [11] Again also he sent unto him
another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him,
O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
[12] And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire
come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God
came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. [13] And he sent
again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of
fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought
him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the
life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. [14] Behold,
there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the
former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in
thy sight.
[15] And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. [16] And
he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not
come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
[17] So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.
And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. [18] Now the rest of the
acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?


2 Kings 2
[1] And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by
a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. [2] And Elijah said
unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel.
And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. [3] And the sons of the
prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him,
Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day?
And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. [4] And Elijah said unto
him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.
And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. So they came to Jericho. [5] And the sons of the prophets that were
at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD
will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I
know it; hold ye your peace. [6] And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray
thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went
on. [7] And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view
afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
[8] And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the
waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went
over on dry ground.
[9] And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
[10] And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it
shall not be so.
[11] And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,
there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both
asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. [12] And Elisha saw
it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own
clothes, and rent them in two pieces. [13] He took up also the mantle of
Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
[14] And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
[15] And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw
him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to
meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. [16] And they said
unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them
go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the
LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some
valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. [17] And when they urged him till
he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they
sought three days, but found him not. [18] And when they came again to him,
(for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go
not? [19] And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee,
the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is
naught, and the ground barren.
[20] And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him.
[21] And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in
there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there
shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. [22] So the waters
were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he
spake.
[23] And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the
way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and
said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. [24] And he
turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD.
And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two
children of them.
[25] And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 3
[1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. [2]
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and
like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had
made.
[3] Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. [4] And Mesha king of
Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred
thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
[5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled
against the king of Israel.
[6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
[7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king
of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy
people, and my horses as thy horses. [8] And he said, Which way shall we go
up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
[9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no
water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. [10] And the
king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings
together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! [11] But Jehoshaphat said,
Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by
him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is
Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
[12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of
Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. [13] And
Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee
to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the
king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three
kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. [14] And Elisha
said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not
that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not
look toward thee, nor see thee. [15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it
came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon
him. [16] And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
ditches. [17] For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall
ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink,
both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. [18] And this is but a light
thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your
hand.
[19] And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece
of land with stones.
[20] And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country
was filled with water.
[21] And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
[22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
[23] And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. [24] And when
they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the
Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the
Moabites, even in their country. [25] And they beat down the cities, and on
every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they
stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in
Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about
it, and smote it. [26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was
too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to
break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. [27] Then he
took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him
for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against
Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

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