<p class="bodytext">So she went to visit<n id="1" /> the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he<n id="2" /> saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s the Shunammite woman.

He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: &#8220;This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman,<n id="1" /> whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.&#8221;

He followed in the footsteps of<n id="1" /> the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire,<n id="2" /> a horrible sin practiced by the nations<n id="3" /> whom the <sc>Lordsc> drove out from before the Israelites.

<p class="bodytext">Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders.<n id="1" /> The king<n id="2" /> sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived,<n id="3" /> Elisha<n id="4" /> said to the leaders,<n id="5" /> &#8220;Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?&#8221;<n id="6" /> Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.&#8221;<n id="7" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Hezekiah&#8217;s reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring<n id="1" /> water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.<n id="2" />

So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests.<n id="1" /> None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.&#8221; But Jehu was tricking them<n id="2" /> so he could destroy the servants of Baal.

<p class="bodytext">The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser<n id="1" /> from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went<n id="3" /> and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.<n id="4" />

His servants transported his dead body<n id="1" /> from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah&#8217;s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head,<n id="2" /> and made him king in his father&#8217;s place.p>

Then they said to one another, &#8220;It&#8217;s not right what we&#8217;re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven&#8217;t told anyone.<n id="1" /> If we wait until dawn,<n id="2" /> we&#8217;ll be punished.<n id="3" /> So come on, let&#8217;s go and inform the royal palace.&#8221;

So Hazael went to visit Elisha.<n id="1" /> He took along a gift,<n id="2" /> as well as<n id="3" /> forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, &#8220;Your son,<n id="4" /> King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,<n id="5" /> &#8216;Will I recover from this sickness?&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Now four men with a skin disease<n id="1" /> were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, &#8220;Why are we just sitting here waiting to die?<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The rest of the events of Joram&#8217;s reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman<n id="1" /> came and stood before him. He said, &#8220;For sure<n id="2" /> I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha had a terminal illness.<n id="1" /> King Joash of Israel went down to visit him.<n id="2" /> He wept before him and said, &#8220;My father, my father! The chariot<n id="3" /> and horsemen of Israel!&#8221;<n id="4" />

&#8216;Look, a time is<n id="1" /> coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="bodytext">What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence.<n id="1" /> Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered.<n id="1" /> They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree.p> <p class="bodytext">Only Kir Hareseth was left intact,<n id="2" /> but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

Elisha<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you.<n id="2" /> This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.<n id="3" />

Elisha said to Gehazi,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Tell her, &#8216;Look, you have treated us with such great respect.<n id="2" /> What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?&#8217;&#8221; She replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m quite secure.&#8221;<n id="3" />

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers<n id="1" /> of the city. They told them, &#8220;We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn&#8217;t even hear a man&#8217;s voice.<n id="2" /> But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.&#8221;<n id="3" />