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II Kings Chapter 4

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In this chapter Jehu, the son of Jezer, continues his campaign against his brothers and kills them to secure his rule. The chapter shows his ruthless ambition and the violent means he uses to become king.

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(1) Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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II Kings 4:38II Kings 2:3II Kings 2:5I Kings 20:35Genesis 22:12I Kings 18:3Nehemiah 7:2Psalms 103:11Psalms 103:17Psalms 112:1Psalms 112:2Psalms 115:13

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Romans 7:2I Corinthians 7:16II Kings 2:3II Kings 2:5II Kings 3:13II Kings 4:38

(2) And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
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II Kings 2:9II Kings 6:26II Kings 6:27Matthew 15:34John 6:5John 6:6John 6:7Acts 3:6II Corinthians 6:10I Kings 17:12James 2:5

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I Samuel 1:11Leviticus 7:12

(3) Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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II Kings 3:16John 2:7II Kings 13:18II Kings 13:19Psalms 81:10John 16:24

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II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14Isaiah 22:24Exodus 7:19Exodus 30:27Exodus 38:3

(4) And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
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II Kings 4:32II Kings 4:33I Kings 17:19I Kings 17:20Isaiah 26:20Matthew 6:6Mark 5:40Acts 9:40Mark 6:37Mark 6:38Mark 6:39Mark 6:40

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Genesis 19:6II Kings 4:5II Kings 6:32Ezekiel 41:3Luke 13:25II Chronicles 28:24

(5) So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
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II Kings 5:11I Kings 17:15I Kings 17:16Luke 1:45Hebrews 11:7Hebrews 11:8

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Genesis 19:6II Kings 4:4II Kings 6:32Ezekiel 41:3Luke 13:25II Chronicles 28:24

(6) And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
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II Kings 4:43II Kings 4:44Matthew 9:29Matthew 13:58Matthew 14:20Matthew 15:37Luke 6:19II Chronicles 6:12II Chronicles 6:13II Kings 13:19Joshua 5:12I Kings 17:14

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Leviticus 11:32Leviticus 15:12Jeremiah 18:4Jeremiah 48:11John 19:29Leviticus 7:12

(7) Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
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Psalms 37:21Romans 12:17Philippians 4:8I Thessalonians 2:9I Thessalonians 2:10I Thessalonians 4:12II Thessalonians 3:7II Thessalonians 3:8II Thessalonians 3:9II Thessalonians 3:10II Thessalonians 3:11II Thessalonians 3:12

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Leviticus 7:12

(8) And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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II Kings 4:11II Kings 4:18II Kings 4:12Joshua 19:18I Samuel 28:4I Kings 1:3II Samuel 19:32Job 1:3Job 32:9Luke 1:15Genesis 19:3Judges 19:20

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I Samuel 9:4Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23Deuteronomy 2:8Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:11

(9) And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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Proverbs 31:10Proverbs 31:11I Peter 3:1Matthew 5:16I Thessalonians 2:10Titus 1:8II Peter 1:21II Peter 3:2Deuteronomy 33:1I Kings 13:1I Kings 17:18I Kings 17:24

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Romans 7:2

(10) Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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Isaiah 32:8Matthew 10:41Matthew 10:42Matthew 25:40Mark 9:41Luke 8:3Romans 12:13Hebrews 10:24Hebrews 13:2I Peter 4:9I Peter 4:10I Kings 17:19

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Exodus 26:35Genesis 19:20Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 33:11

(11) And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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Judges 5:27II Kings 4:8Jeremiah 35:4

(12) And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
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II Kings 4:29II Kings 4:30II Kings 4:31II Kings 5:20II Kings 5:21II Kings 5:22II Kings 5:23II Kings 5:24II Kings 5:25II Kings 5:26II Kings 5:27II Kings 8:4

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II Kings 4:36

(13) And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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Matthew 10:40Matthew 10:41Matthew 10:42Luke 9:3Luke 9:4Luke 9:5Romans 16:2Romans 16:6Philippians 4:18Philippians 4:19I Thessalonians 5:12I Thessalonians 5:13

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I Kings 2:32II Kings 9:5Job 14:13

(14) And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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Genesis 15:2Genesis 15:3Genesis 17:17Genesis 18:10Genesis 18:11Genesis 18:12Genesis 18:13Genesis 18:14Genesis 25:21Genesis 30:1Judges 13:2I Samuel 1:2

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Romans 7:2II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11II Kings 4:31II Kings 4:34

(15) And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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Ezekiel 41:3

(16) And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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Genesis 17:21Genesis 18:10Genesis 18:14Genesis 17:16Genesis 17:17Luke 1:13Luke 1:30Luke 1:31II Kings 2:19II Kings 4:28II Kings 5:10II Kings 5:11

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I Samuel 1:11

(17) And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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Genesis 21:1I Samuel 1:19I Samuel 1:20Psalms 113:9Luke 1:24Luke 1:25Luke 1:36Hebrews 11:11

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Genesis 38:5

(18) And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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Ruth 2:4

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Judges 5:27II Kings 4:34

(19) And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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Job 14:1Job 14:2Jeremiah 4:19

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Luke 12:53

(20) And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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Isaiah 49:15Isaiah 66:13Luke 7:12Genesis 22:2Genesis 37:3Genesis 37:5I Kings 17:17Ezekiel 24:16Ezekiel 24:17Ezekiel 24:18Luke 2:35John 11:3

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(21) And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
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II Kings 4:10I Kings 17:19

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Genesis 19:6II Kings 6:32Ezekiel 41:3Luke 11:7Luke 13:25

(22) And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
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II Kings 4:24II Kings 4:26John 11:3Acts 9:38

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Romans 7:2Deuteronomy 22:6Isaiah 30:6I Corinthians 9:24

(23) And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
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Numbers 10:10Numbers 28:11I Chronicles 23:31Isaiah 1:13Isaiah 1:14Isaiah 1:15

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II Kings 4:26II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Nehemiah 13:19

(24) Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
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Exodus 4:20I Samuel 25:20I Kings 13:13I Kings 13:23I Samuel 25:19

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(25) So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
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II Kings 2:25I Kings 18:19I Kings 18:42Isaiah 35:2

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Exodus 19:20

(26) Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
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Zechariah 2:4Genesis 29:6Genesis 37:14I Samuel 17:18Matthew 10:12Matthew 10:13Acts 15:36II Kings 4:23Leviticus 10:3I Samuel 3:18Job 1:21Job 1:22

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Genesis 4:7Genesis 29:2Genesis 29:6Genesis 37:14Jeremiah 15:11Ezekiel 44:5

(27) And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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Matthew 28:9Luke 7:38Matthew 15:23Matthew 20:31Mark 10:13John 4:27John 12:4John 12:5John 12:6Mark 14:6John 12:7I Samuel 1:10

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Joshua 10:24Psalms 68:15Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38I Kings 16:24

(28) Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
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Genesis 30:1

(29) Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
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II Kings 9:1I Kings 18:46Ephesians 6:14I Peter 1:13II Kings 2:14Exodus 4:17Luke 10:4II Kings 2:8Exodus 7:19Exodus 7:20Exodus 14:16Joshua 6:4

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II Kings 4:31II Samuel 12:18II Kings 4:34I Corinthians 13:11Romans 16:10Romans 16:12

(30) And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
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II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:4Exodus 33:12Exodus 33:13Exodus 33:14Exodus 33:15Exodus 33:16Ruth 1:16Ruth 1:17Ruth 1:18

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(31) And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
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I Samuel 14:37I Samuel 28:6Ezekiel 14:3Matthew 17:16Matthew 17:17Matthew 17:18Matthew 17:19Matthew 17:20Matthew 17:21Mark 9:19Mark 9:20Mark 9:21

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(32) And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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I Kings 17:17Luke 8:52Luke 8:53John 11:17

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(33) He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
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II Kings 4:4Matthew 6:6II Kings 5:11II Kings 6:17II Kings 6:18II Kings 6:20I Kings 17:20I Kings 17:21I Kings 18:26I Kings 18:27John 11:41John 11:42

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(34) And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
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I Kings 17:21Acts 20:10

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(35) Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
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II Kings 8:1II Kings 8:5II Kings 13:21I Kings 17:22Luke 7:14Luke 7:15Luke 8:55John 11:43John 11:44Acts 9:40

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(36) And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
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I Kings 17:23Luke 7:15Hebrews 11:35

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(37) Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
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II Kings 4:27II Kings 2:15I Kings 17:24

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(38) And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
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II Kings 2:1I Samuel 7:16I Samuel 7:17Acts 10:38Acts 15:36II Kings 8:1Leviticus 26:26Deuteronomy 28:22Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24Deuteronomy 28:38Deuteronomy 28:39

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(39) And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
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Isaiah 5:4Jeremiah 2:21Matthew 15:13Hebrews 12:15

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(40) So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
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II Kings 4:9II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:11II Kings 1:13Deuteronomy 33:1I Kings 17:18Exodus 10:17Exodus 15:23Mark 16:18

(41) But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
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II Kings 2:21II Kings 5:10II Kings 6:6Exodus 15:25John 9:6I Corinthians 1:25Acts 28:5

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(42) And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
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I Samuel 9:4I Samuel 9:7II Kings 4:38Exodus 23:16Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 26:2Deuteronomy 26:3Deuteronomy 26:4Deuteronomy 26:5Deuteronomy 26:6Deuteronomy 26:7Deuteronomy 26:8

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(43) And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
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Matthew 14:16Matthew 14:17Matthew 15:33Matthew 15:34Mark 6:37Mark 6:38Mark 6:39Mark 8:4Luke 9:13John 6:9Matthew 14:20Matthew 15:37

(44) So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
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