<p class="bodytext">Jehoash said to the priests, &#8220;I place at your disposal<n id="1" /> all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,<n id="2" /> the silver received from those who have made vows,<n id="3" /> and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="4" />

He asked, &#8220;What is this grave marker I see?&#8221; The men from the city replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s the grave of the prophet<n id="1" /> who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel.&#8221;

The king<n id="1" /> asked them, &#8220;Describe the appearance<n id="2" /> of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.&#8221;

They replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;He was a hairy man<n id="2" /> and had a leather belt<n id="3" /> tied around his waist.&#8221; The king<n id="4" /> said, &#8220;He is Elijah the Tishbite.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Prophet, this is what the king says, &#8216;Come down at once!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, &#8220;Send them out.&#8221; They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The men of the city said to Elisha, &#8220;Look, the city has a good location, as our<n id="1" /> master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn&#8217;t produce crops.&#8221;<n id="2" />

The Moabites<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;It&#8217;s blood! The kings are totally destroyed!<n id="2" /> They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!&#8221;

She went and told the prophet.<n id="1" /> He said, &#8220;Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.&#8221;p>

He said, &#8220;About this time next year<n id="1" /> you will be holding a son.&#8221; She said, &#8220;No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!&#8221;

Now, run to meet her and ask her, &#8216;Are you well? Are your husband and the boy well?&#8217;&#8221; She told Gehazi,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Everything&#8217;s fine.&#8221;

But his attendant said, &#8220;How can I feed a hundred men with this?&#8221;<n id="1" /> He replied, &#8220;Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;They will eat and have some left over.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed.<n id="1" /> His skin became as smooth as a young child&#8217;s<n id="2" /> and he was healed.p>

Let&#8217;s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.&#8221; He said, &#8220;Go.&#8221;

The prophet<n id="1" /> asked, &#8220;Where did it drop in?&#8221; When he showed him the spot, Elisha<n id="2" /> cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float.

But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, &#8220;Make sure you don&#8217;t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.&#8221;

So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it<n id="1" /> to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.<n id="2" />

So they started toward<n id="1" /> the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

The prophet told the king, &#8220;Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.&#8221;

So the woman did as the prophet said.<n id="1" /> She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.