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kel, and a measure of fine flower for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: And that Lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord shall make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.

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REVIVING A DEAD MAN, WHO TOUCHED THE BONES OF ELISHA.

2 KINGS Xiii. 20, 21.

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

IN DELIVERING HEZEKIAH OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA, WHEN RABSHAKEH CAME WITH A GREAT HOST AGAINST JERUSALEM, IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

2 KINGS Xix. 6—8.

Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

IN AGAIN DELIVERING HEZEKIAH OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA, IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

2 KINGS Xix. 32-35.

Thus saith the Lord concerning the king

of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord. For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

IN CAUSING SENNACHERIB, KING OF ASSYRIA, TO FALL BY THE SWORD IN HIS OWN LAND.

2 KINGS xix. 36, 37.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his

sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

IN DELIVERING FROM CAPTIVITY THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF JUDAH, WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED TO SAMARIA.

2 CHRON. XXviii. 6, 8-15,

For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.

And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he

hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. And the men which were ex

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