Elisha the Prophet: The Lessons of His History and TimesReligious Tract Society, 1882 - 326 pages |
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Ahab Ahaziah behold believe Ben-hadad Beth-el blessing called character chariot child Christ Christian Church circumstances cloth boards Damascus danger dead death deliverance Divine earnest earth Edom Elijah Elisha evil faith father fear feel Gehazi gifts glory God's Gospel grace hand hath Hazael healing heart heaven Holy honour hope humble Jehonadab Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jehu Jericho Jesus Jewish Jezebel Jezreel Joash Joram Jordan king of Israel king of Syria labour land land of Israel leper leprosy lesson live liveth look Lord master means mercy miracle Moab Naaman narrative never Old Testament ourselves outward passed peace perhaps pray thee prayer present promise prophet realise receive recognised religion religious Samaria Saviour Scripture seems Shaphat Shunammite Shunem sorrow soul spake speak spiritual stood strange Syrian terrible things thou thoughts trial true truth unbelief unto waters words worldly
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Page 151 - My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean?
Page 142 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Page 14 - 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.
Page 129 - NOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Page 23 - 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.
Page 73 - Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Page 42 - And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: 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.
Page 41 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page i - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 73 - And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more.