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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Kings chapters

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4 through 6. Chapter 4 A certain woman of the

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wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to

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Elisha, saying, Your servant, my husband, is

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dead, and you know that your servant feared the

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Lord, and the creditor is coming to take my two

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sons to be his slaves. So Elisha said to her,

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What shall I do for you? tell me what do you

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have in the house and she said your maidservant

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has nothing in the house but a jar of oil then

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he said go borrow vessels from everywhere from

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all your neighbors empty vessels do not gather

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just a few And when you have come in, you shall

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shut the door behind you and your sons, then

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pour it into all those vessels and set aside

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the full ones. So she went from him and shut

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the door behind her and her sons, who brought

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the vessels to her, and she poured it out. Now

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it came to pass, when the vessels were full,

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that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel.

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And he said to her, There is not another vessel.

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So the oil ceased. Then she came and told the

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man of God, and he said, Go sell the oil and

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pay your debt. You and your sons live on the

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rest. Now it happened one day that Elisha went

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to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and

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she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was

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as often as he passed by, he would turn in there

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to eat some food. And she said to her husband,

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Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God

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who passes by us regularly. Please let us make

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a small upper room on the wall, and let us put

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a bed for him there, and a table and a chair

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and a lampstand, so it will be whenever he comes

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to us, he can turn in there. And it happened

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one day that he came there, and he turned into

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the upper room and lay down there. Then he said

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to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite woman.

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When he had called her, she stood before him,

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and he said to him, Say now to her, Look, you

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have been concerned for us with all this care.

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What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak

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on your behalf to the king or to the commander

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of the army? She answered, I dwell among my own

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people. So he said, What then is to be done for

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her? And Gehazi answered, Actually, she has no

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son, and her husband is old. So he said, Call

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her. When he had called her, she stood in the

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doorway. Then he said, About this time next year

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you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my

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lord, man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.

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But the woman conceived and bore a son when the

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appointed time had come, of which Elisha had

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told her. And the child grew. Now it happened

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one day that he went out to his father, to the

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reapers, and he said to his father, My head,

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my head. So he said to a servant, Carry him to

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his mother. When he had taken him and brought

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him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon,

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and then died. And she went up and laid him on

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the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon

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him, and went out. Then she called her husband

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and said, Please send me one of the young men

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and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the

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man of God and come back. So he said, Why are

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you going to him today? It is neither the new

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moon nor the Sabbath. And she said, It is well.

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Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant,

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Drive and go forward. Do not slacken the pace

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for me unless I tell you. And so she departed

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and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. So

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it was when the man of God saw her far off that

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he said to his servant Gehazi, Look, the Shunammite

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woman, please run now to meet her and say to

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her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your

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husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered,

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It is well. Now when she came to the man of God

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at the hill, she caught him by the feet, but

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Gehazi came near to push her away. But the man

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of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is in

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deep distress, and the Lord has hidden it from

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me and has not told me. So she said, Did I ask

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for a son, my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive

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me? Then he said to Gehazi, Get yourself ready,

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and take my staff in your hand, and be on your

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way. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and

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if anyone greets you, do not answer him, but

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lay my staff on the face of the child. And the

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mother of the child said, As the lord lives,

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and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.

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So he arose and followed her. Now Gehazi went

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on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face

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of the child. But there was neither voice nor

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hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him,

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and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.

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When Elisha came into the house, there was the

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child lying dead on his bed. He went in, therefore,

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shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed

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to the Lord. And he went up and lay on the child,

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and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his

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eyes, and his hands on his hands, and he stretched

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himself out on the child. And the flesh of the

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child became warm. He returned and walked back

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and forth in the house, and again went up and

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stretched himself out on him. Then the child

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sneezed seven times, and the child opened his

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eyes. And he called Gehazi and said, So he called

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her, and when she came in to him, he said, So

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she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the

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ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

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And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was

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a famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets

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were sitting before him, and he said to his servant,

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Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons

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of the prophets. So one went out into the field

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to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered

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from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and

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sliced them into a pot of stew, though they did

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not know what they were. Then they served it

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to the men to eat. Now it happened as they were

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eating the stew that they cried out and said,

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Man of God, there is death in the pot. And they

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could not eat it. So he said, Then bring some

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flour. And he put it into the pot and said, Serve

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it to the people that they may eat. And there

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was nothing harmful in the pot. Then a man came

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from Baal, Shalisha, and brought the man of God

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bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley

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bread, and new ripened grain in his knapsack.

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And he said, Give it to the people that they

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may eat. But his servant said, What, shall I

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set this before one hundred men? He said again,

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Give it to the people, that they may eat. For

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thus says the Lord, They shall eat and have some

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left over. So he set it before them, and they

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ate and had some left over, according to the

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word of the Lord. Chapter 5 Now Naaman, commander

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of the army of the king of Syria, was a great

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and honorable man in the eyes of his master,

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because by him the Lord had given victory to

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Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor. but

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a leper. And the Syrians had gone out on raids,

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and had brought back captive a young girl from

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the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman's wife.

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Then she said to her mistress, If only my master

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were with the prophet who is now in Samaria,

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for he would heal him of his leprosy. And Naaman

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went in and told his master, saying, Thus and

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thus, said the girl who is from the land of Israel.

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Then the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will

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send a letter to the king of Israel. So he departed

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and took with him ten talents of silver, six

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thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of

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clothing. Then he brought the letter to the king

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of Israel, which said, Now be advised, when this

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letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman

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my servant to you, that you may heal him of his

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leprosy. And it happened when the king of Israel

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read the letter, that he tore his clothes and

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said, Am I God, to kill and make alive, that

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this man sends a man to me, to heal him of his

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leprosy? Therefore please consider and see how

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he seeks a quarrel with me. So it was when Elisha

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the man of God heard that the king of Israel

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had torn his clothes that he sent to the king,

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saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Please

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let him come to me, and he shall know that there

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is a prophet in Israel. Then Naaman went with

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his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door

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of Elisha's house. And Elisha sent a messenger

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to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven

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times, and your flesh shall be restored to you,

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and you shall be clean. But Naaman became furious,

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and went away and said, Indeed I said to myself,

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He will surely come out to me, and stand, and

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call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave

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his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.

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Are not the Abana and the Farpar, the rivers

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of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?

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Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he

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turned and went away in a rage. And his servants

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came near and spoke to him and said, My father,

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if the prophet had told you to do something great,

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would you not have done it? How much more then

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when he says to you, Wash and be clean? So he

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went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan,

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according to the saying of the man of God. And

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his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little

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child, and he was clean. And he returned to the

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man of God, he and all his aides, and came and

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stood before him. And he said, Indeed, now I

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know that there is no God in all the earth except

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in Israel. Now, therefore, please take a gift

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from your servant. But he said, As the Lord lives,

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before whom I stand, I will receive nothing.

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And he urged them to take it, but he refused.

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So Naaman said, Then, if not, please let your

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servant be given two mule loads of earth, for

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your servant will no longer offer either burnt

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offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the

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Lord. Yet in this thing may the Lord pardon your

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servant. When my master goes into the temple

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of Ramon to worship there, and he leans on my

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hand, and I bow down in the temple of Ramon.

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When I bow down in the temple of Ramon, may the

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Lord please pardon your servant in this thing.

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Then he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed

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from him a short distance. But Gehazi, the servant

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of Elisha, the man of God, said, Look, my master

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has spared Naaman the Syrian while not receiving

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from his hands what he brought. But as the Lord

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lives, I will run after him and take something

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from him. So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman

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saw him running after him, he got down from the

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chariot to meet him and said, Is all well? And

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he said, All is well. My master has sent me,

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saying, Indeed, just now two young men of the

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sons of the prophets have come to me from the

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mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent

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of silver and two changes of garments. So Naaman

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said, Please take two talents. And he urged him

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and bound two talents of silver in two bags with

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two changes of garments and handed them to two

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of his servants, and they carried them on ahead

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of him. When he came to the citadel, he took

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them from their hand and stored them away in

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the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.

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Now he went in and stood before his master. Elisha

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said to him, Where did you go, Gehazi? And he

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said, Your servant did not go anywhere. Then

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he said to him, Did not my heart go with you

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when the man turned back from his chariot to

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meet you? is it time to receive money and to

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receive clothing olive groves and vineyards sheep

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and oxen male and female servants therefore the

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leprosy of naaman shall cling to you and your

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descendants for ever and he went out from his

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presence leprous as white as snow chapter six

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and the sons of the prophets said to elisha see

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now the place where we dwell with you is too

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small for us Please let us go to the Jordan,

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and let every man take a beam from there, and

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let us make there a place where we may dwell.

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So he answered, Go. Then one said, Please consent

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to go with your servants. And he answered, I

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will go. So he went with them, and when they

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came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But

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as one was cutting down a tree, the iron axe

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head fell into the water, and he cried out and

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said, Alas, master, for it was borrowed. So the

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man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed

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him the place, so he cut off a stick and threw

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it in there, and he made the iron float. Therefore

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he said, Pick it up for yourself. So he reached

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out his hand and took it. Now the king of Syria

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was making war against Israel. And he consulted

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with his servants, saying, My camp will be in

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such and such a place. And the man of God sent

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to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you

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do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming

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down there. Then the king of Israel sent someone

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to the place of which the man of God had told

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him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful

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there, not just once or twice. Therefore the

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heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled

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by this thing, and he called his servants and

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said to them, Will you not show me which of us

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is for the king of Israel? And one of his servants

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said, None, my lord, O king. But Elisha, the

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prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel

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the words that you speak in your bedroom. So

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he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send

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and get him. And it was told him, saying, Surely

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he is in Dothan. Therefore he sent horses and

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chariots and a great army there, and they came

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by night and surrounded the city. And when the

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servant of the man of God arose early and went

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out, there was an army surrounding the city with

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horses and chariots. And his servant said to

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him, Alas, my master, what shall we do? So he

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answered, Do not fear, for those who are with

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us are more than those who are with them. And

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Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray, open his

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eyes that he may see. Then the Lord opened the

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eyes of the young man and he saw. And behold,

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the mountain was full of horses and chariots

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of fire all around Elisha. So when the Syrians

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came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and

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said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness.

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And he struck them with blindness according to

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the word of Elisha. Now Elisha said to them,

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This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow

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me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.

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But he led them to Samaria. So it was when they

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had come to Samaria that Elisha said, Lord, open

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the eyes of these men that they may see. And

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the Lord opened their eyes and they saw. And

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there they were inside Samaria. Now when the

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king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My

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father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?

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But he answered, You shall not kill them. Would

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you kill those whom you have taken captive with

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your sword and your bow? Set food and water before

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them that they may eat and drink and go to their

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master. then he prepared a great feast for them

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and after they ate and drank he sent them away

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and they went to their master so the bands of

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syrian raiders came no more into the land of

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israel and it happened after this that ben hadad

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king of syria gathered all his army and went

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up and besieged samaria And there was a great

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famine in Samaria, and indeed they besieged it

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until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels

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of silver and one -fourth of a cab of dove droppings

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for five shekels of silver. Then as the king

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of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman

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cried out to him, saying, Help my lord, O king!

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And he said, If the lord does not help you, where

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can I find help for you? From the threshing floor

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or from the winepress? Then the king said to

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her, What is troubling you? And she answered,

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This woman said to me, Give your son that we

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may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

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So we boiled my son and ate him. And I said to

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her on the next day, Give your son that we may

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eat him. But she has hidden her son. Now it happened,

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when the king heard the words of the woman, that

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he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the

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wall, the people looked, and there underneath

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he had sackcloth on his body. Then he said, God,

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do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha,

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the son of Shaphat, remains on him today. But

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Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders

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were sitting with him. And the king sent a man

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ahead of him. But before the messenger came to

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him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this

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son of a murderer has sent someone to take away

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my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut

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the door and hold him fast at the door. Is not

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the sound of his master's feet behind him? And

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while he was still talking with them, there was

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the messenger coming down to him. And then the

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king said, Surely this calamity is from the Lord.

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Why should I wait for the Lord any longer? I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did, and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.