Bible History - Old Testament

- 108- This explains how one of the servants of Ben-hadad - probably, one of those by whom these secret communications were carr ...

- 109- return of his master^226 from Dothan to his permanent home at Samaria (2 Kings 6:32). This would throw light on the langu ...

- 110- For Elisha was then on his way to his home at Samaria, nor could he who had just pointed his servant to the heavenly defe ...

- 111- achieving their purpose, have they seemed blinded, and found themselves in the midst of Samaria. How many times have argu ...

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- 113- CHAPTER 13 : Siege of Samaria by the Syrians - Terrible Straits and Tragedy in the City - The King sends to slay Elisha, ...

- 114- is with such thoughts in our minds that we must study the history of the siege and miraculous relief of Samaria. Ben-hada ...

- 115- alone the unnatural meal, matters not for our present purpose. But we recall that such horrors had been in warning foreto ...

- 116- But the king's mood was fitful. The command to slay Elisha was immediately succeeded by another resolve, whether springin ...

- 117- corn through windows made in the heavens. To the lessons of God's faithfulness to His promise there was now to be added, ...

- 118- The Syrians, at any rate, thought they heard the approach of relieving armies. Tribes from the great Hittite nation in th ...

- 119- his own adjutant, the same "on whose hand" he had "leaned" when Elisha had made his prophetic announcement; the same who ...

- 120- CHAPTER 14 : CLOSE OF ELISHA'S PUBLIC MINISTRY: THE BEGINNING OF JUDGMENT - The Shunammite on her Return from Philistia r ...

- 121- which had led her so literally to obey the words of the prophet, was to receive a rude shock. "Her house," to which so ma ...

- 122- painful secret of some trouble to come - forbearing to take any part till the moment for action, or rather for their obed ...

- 123- The accession of Hazael was only part of the burden of judgment upon Israel which had been announced to Elijah. The other ...

- 124- CHAPTER 15 : JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH, (FIFTH AND SIXTH) KINGS OF JUDAH. JORAM, (TENTH) KING OF ISRAEL - Accession of Jehoram ...

- 125- the hastening ruin of Judah. Nor can it have been without evil influence even upon Joram and Israel. The fatal combinatio ...

- 126- For it seems of quite secondary importance whether Elijah himself wrote this letter, with direction to have it delivered ...

- 127- Its site has not been localized with certainty, though it has, with some probability, been suggested that it is represent ...