2 Kings 7:19
But the officer replied to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
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- 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
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- 2 Kgs 7:1-22 verses94%
1 Elisha replied,“Listen to the LORD’s message. This is what the LORD has said,‘About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”
2 An officer who was the king’s right-hand man responded to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
- 2 Kgs 7:17-182 verses74%
17 Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet’s word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him.
18 The prophet told the king,“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.”
- 1 Kgs 18:43-442 verses73%
43 He told his servant,“Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported,“There is nothing.” Seven times Elijah sent him to look.
44 The seventh time the servant said,“Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said,“Go and tell Ahab,‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’”
- 1 Sam 12:16-172 verses71%
16 “So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the LORD is about to do in your sight.
17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the LORD so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the LORD by asking for a king for yourselves.”
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20 This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate.
- 1 Kgs 17:1-22 verses69%
1 Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab,“As certainly as the LORD God of Israel lives(whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”
2 The LORD’s message came to him:
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23 He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky.
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17 For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”
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31 Then he said,“May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”
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10 Elijah replied,“That’s a difficult request! If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don’t, it will not happen.”
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27 He replied,“No, let the LORD help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”
- 1 Kgs 13:7-93 verses68%
7 The king then said to the prophet,“Come home with me and have something to eat, so that I may give you a gift.”
8 But the prophet said to the king,“Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you. I am not allowed to eat food or drink water in this place.
9 For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”
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13 When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,
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17 for this is what the LORD has said,‘You will not feel any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’
- 2 Kgs 6:20-223 verses68%
20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha,“Should I strike them down, my master?”
22 He replied,“Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”
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21 So he cried out to the prophet who had come from Judah,“This is what the LORD has said,‘You have rebelled against the LORD’s instruction and have not obeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
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21 But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
- 1 Kgs 17:7-82 verses68%
7 After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 The LORD’s message came to him,
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13 The Lord Delivers Israel Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 2 Kgs 1:6-72 verses67%
6 They replied,“A man came up to meet us. He told us,“Go back to the king who sent you and tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.”’”
7 The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”
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5 Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!
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22 Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”
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12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers,“I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking,‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”
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17 Then Elisha prayed,“O LORD, open his eyes so he can see.” The LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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19 Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.
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16 Elijah said to the king,“This is what the LORD has said,‘You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Is it because there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek a message? Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.’”
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14 For this is what the LORD God of Israel has said,‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the LORD makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”
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17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,“Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”
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7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
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41 He said,“Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said,“Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.
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9 Amaziah asked the prophet:“But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet replied,“The LORD is capable of giving you more than that.”
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11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the LORD your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.”
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43 But his attendant said,“How can I feed a hundred men with this?” He replied,“Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the LORD has said,‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
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14 Elisha said,“As certainly as the LORD of Heaven’s Armies lives(whom I serve), if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.
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41 Then Elijah told Ahab,“Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.”
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33 He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said,“Look, the LORD is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the LORD to help?”
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4 Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?
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1 The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.