When they first moved in, they did not worship the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border.

In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.