Bible Questions # 804-817
By Joyce Webb 2013
II Kings 6:1-6
804. Elisha, the prophet, was helping other priests to do what? _______________
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805. They were near the Jordan River. What happened to one of the axes?
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806. The man was very upset because why? Vs. 5 ____________________________
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807. Elisha threw a __________________________ into the river, and what happened? ________________________________________________________________________
808. Verse 8 The King of Syria was fighting against the King of Israel. Elisha was helping the King of Israel. What was he telling him? __________________________
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809. After several times of the King of Israel get away from the King of Syria——-the King of Syria thought one of his men must be telling information to the Israel army.
One of the Syrian servants told the king what was happening. How was the King of Israel finding out where the Syrians were? Vs. 12 _______________________________
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810. The Syrian king was angry. He wanted to catch Elisha. Vs. 14 At night, some of the Syrian soldiers came around the city where Elisha was. In the morning, Elisha’s servant looked out and saw all of those soldiers. He was very afraid.
But Elisha saw something he did not see. Elisha prayed that God would open his eyes to see ——-what did he see then? _____________________________________________
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Who were these horses and chariots of fire? ___________________________________
Verse 16 This would be a good verse to remember. God often protects us —-even though we can not see it.
811. Elisha prayed that the soldiers would be ____________________________.
(As the story goes on, you will see that they were not blind in a way that they could not see at all. But they were Blind in the sense that they did not understand where they were or who Elisha was or what was happening. In other words, God made them confused.)
812. The soldiers talked with Elsiha. But since they were confused, Elisha was able to hide who he was, and he told them they needed to go to another city to find the person they were looking for. So he led them to Samaria where the King of Israel was. When the King saw the soldiers, he wanted to kill them.
Elisha said “Would you kill men you had captured in battle?” They are captives. Why kill them? So the King did what? ____________________. Then he sent them back to their King. When the soldiers finally understood where they had been and what had happened to them —-they were ashamed and embarrassed.
The King of Syria turned and went where? Vs. 23 _______________________________
813. Later the King of Syria came to Samaria again. This time he put soldiers all around
the city. No one can go out of the city to the fields to get food. The people in the city are starving. Some of them are eating their own children. The King of Israel hears about it and it makes him sick and upset. He is planning to go out of the city and try to fight the Syrians even if he loses.
Of course, there is no sense to that because the King of Syria will just come into the city and kill everyone and take over the city.
Since Israel is not strong enough to win, they better stay in the city. Some of them will stay alive.
The King of Israel is very angry and he is blaming all this troubles on God and on God’s prophet Elisha. He wants to kill Elisha. So he sent a servant to find Elisha.
God warned Elisha. He is in his house having a meeting with some of the city’s leaders.
He told them that a man will come to the house but he will try to kill me. When he comes do not let him in.
Chapter 7
814. The man came to the house. The King of Israel came behind him. Elisha told the King and the servants that by this time ________________________________ they would have lots of flour and food to eat.
815. The servant standing near the King, could not believe it. He said God would have to open __________________________ in heaven and pour it out for that to happen.
Elisha told him it would happen but he would not get any of the food.
816. Vs. There were 4 men who were __________________________. They were outside the gate. Because of their skin disease, they were not allowed in the city.
They began talking. They said if they were in the city—-there was no food. They may as well go find the Syrian army and see if they could find some food. If they get killed doing it—-well, they were going to starve anyway.
So the went to find the Syrian army. When they got there, what did they find?
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817. They felt guilty about keeping all of that to themselves, so they decided to go back to the city and tell them about what they found.
When they told the king, people and horses run out of the gate to find the food.
What happened to the man who said—-God would have to open windows in heaven for food to come to them? _____________________________________________________
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In these two chapters we see several ways that God worked to help his people.
Iron to float. Angels as soldiers in chariots to fight. Making the enemy to become confused so they are not understanding what is happening—-until it is over. And God making problems for the enemy soldiers so they leave Israel and go home—leaving everything behind—-supplies Israel needs.
God never changes. He is still the same today. He will watch out for us.