II. Kines

13 And Elisha said unto the_king_of Tsraél, “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 Jthe Lorp chath_called xthese three xkings together, to deliver them into the_hand_of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, “As J ‘the Lorp of_hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that £ zregard 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 min- strel played, that the_hand_of! the Lorp came upon him.
16 And he said,“Thus-saith J the Lorn, «Make xthis «valley full_of ditches.
Ww For thus -saith Jthe Lorp, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall_ye_see rain; yet xthat valley shall_be_filled with =water, that ye ‘may_drink, both pe, and your cattle, and your beasts.
is And this is but a light_thing in the_sight_of Jthe Lorp: He -will_de- liver «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 xgood xpiece_ of_land with xstones.”
20 And it came_to_pass in the morn- ing, when the g meat_offering was_of- fered », that, behold, there came =water
by the_way_of Edom, and the country |-
was_filled with x=water.
21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were_come_up to fight against them, they » gathered all g that_ were_able_to_put_on 9 armour, and up- ward, 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 zs blood : the kings are_surely 7 slain, and they have_ smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.”
2 And when they came to the_camp_ of Israél, the Israélites rose_up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went_forward smiting -the Moabites, even in their country.
2 And they tbeat_down the cities, and on every good piece_of_land Feast
‘every_man his stone, and -filled it;|¢
and they stopped all the_ywells_of water, and ‘felled all the good trees: only in’Kir-haraseth left they the_ stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went_about 7¢, and smote it.
26 And when the_king_of Moab saw that the battle was too_sore for him, he took with him scven hundred ‘men 4that_drew -swords, to break_through even unto the _king _ of Edom: but they could not.
Then he took his xeldest -son that tshould_have_reigned in_his_stead, and offered him «for a « burnt_offering upon the wall, And there was great indig-
TIT. 27. B.C. 895.
ELISHA'S PROPHECY. a 1Sam, 10.
F. fountains,
THE CouNTRY FILLED WITH WATER. g. gift_offer- ing. uU. offered. up.
TH MOABITES TAKE IT FOR BLOOD.
w. were. called_to- gether.
g-9. girding a girdle.
d. destroyed.
‘Mon ABITES DIs- COMFITED.
THE KING OF MOAB SACRIFICES HIS SON.
27. Amos2. 1.
u, offered him up.
a.an ascend- ing-offer- ing. -
295
B.C. 895.
aan. anointing-
18, 19, 20,
THE OIL MULTI- PLIED.
5. 2 Cor. 9: 8. t.athep bringing.
7. Contrast Matt. 25. 8,
THE WoMAN OF SHUNEM.
sh. Shunem, Two-rest- ing-places.
9. Heb. 13. 2. a, ish.
wu. upper- chamber.
U.lampstand.
SHE BEARS A SON.
g. Gehazi, Valley-of vision.
y. young. man.
8, son.
“eb pet. ‘eb, peth- akh.
se. set_
season. {
‘|thou in the house?”