2 Kings 7-9 - We are not doing right

Elisha Promises Food

2Ki 7:2 LSB - [2] And the royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, "Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" Then he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it."

Lepers Report the Arameans’ Flight

2Ki 7:9 LSB - [9] Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king's household."

Isa 52:7 LSB - [7] How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who proclaims good news, Who announces peace And proclaims good news of good things, Who announces salvation, [And] says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

 

Do We Well?

Author: Clara McAlister Brooks (1911)

1 To the Syrian camp at twilight,
Hungry, thirsty, bleeding, sore,
Came four leprous men of Israel;
Found they there abundant store—
Gold and silver, food and raiment,
“We must go the message tell,
’Tis a day of joyful tidings,
Waiting here, we do not well.”

Refrain:
’Tis the day of full salvation,
Go, the joyful message tell;
While we wait the millions perish,
And we do not well.

2 Do we well, my precious brethren?
While they starve and die for bread,
We, with heaven’s richest blessings,
Are so bountifully fed;
If we tarry till the morning,
Mischief shall our souls befall—
Go and tell earth’s dying millions,
There is bread enough for all. [Refrain]

3 India’s lost ones still are crying,
From that sin-benighted land;
Hear those wails from darkest China,
And from Egypt’s sunlit strand;
While a soul remains in darkness,
And in idleness we dwell,
Selfishly the truth enjoying,
Brethren, dear, we do not well. [Refrain]

4 While a few have crossed the ocean,
Leaving all for Jesus’ name,
There is room for many others—
Go, the gospel news proclaim!
Those who roam in sin’s dominion
Can be rescued yet from hell,
While a moment’s left to save them;
If we wait, we do not well. [Refrain]

5 If we labor on for Jesus,
And to every dying one
Tell the glad and joyful tidings,
Till life’s fleeting day is done,
When we stand before the judgment,
While our hearts with rapture swell,
We shall hear the Savior saying,
“Ye have done exceeding well.” [Refrain]

Plundering the Arameans

2Ki 7:20 LSB - [20] And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.

Jehoram Restores the Shunammite’s Land

Elisha Weeps over Hazael’s Evil

2Ki 8:11 LSB - [11] And he fixed his gaze steadily [on him] until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.

2Ki 8:12 LSB - [12] Then Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" Then he said, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up."

Jehoram Reigns over Judah

Ahaziah Reigns over Judah

2Ki 8:29 ESV - [29] And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Jehu Anointed King over Israel

2Ki 9:3 LSB - [3] "Then you will take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait."

Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah

2Ki 9:25-26 LSB - [25] Then [Jehu] said to Bidkar his officer, "Lift [him] up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that Yahweh lifted up this oracle against him: [26] 'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says Yahweh, 'and I will repay you in this property,' says Yahweh. So now, lift [him] up and cast him into the property, according to the word of Yahweh."

Jehu Strikes Down Ahaziah

Jezebel Is Eaten by Dogs

2Ki 9:35-36 LSB - [35] They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. [36] Therefore they returned and declared [it] to him. And he said, "This is the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;