1. Joash became king when he was just 7 years old. Thanks to his spiritual father and adviser Jehoiada, Joash was known as one of the good kings of Judah. Joash listened to Jehoiada and did what was r(...)
Read1. When Athaliah, saw that her son Ahaziah was killed, she acted quickly to destroy the whole royal family and take the throne for herself. It seemed that David’s kingdom was overthrown by a Baal wors(...)
Read1. Jehu seemed to appear to be obedient to the Lord, but then revealed his self-seeking and half-commitment to God. After killing Joram and Jezebel, Jehu confronted the leading men of Samaria either t(...)
Read1. Elisha sent a young prophet to Jehu to anoint him king over Israel and to tell him to strike down the house of Ahab. After the prophet had done as he was told, the army officers rallied under Jehu(...)
Read1. Elisha told a Shunammite woman to leave Israel to escape a seven-year famine. She took her son and did as he told her. After she returned home seven years later, she appealed to the king for her pr(...)
Read1. Four starving men with leprosy who lived outside the city gate could neither go inside the famine-stricken city nor stay there to starve to death. They had only one option to go surrender to the Ar(...)
Read1. The King of Aram laid siege to Samaria, the capital of Israel. The long siege created extreme famine in the city, and the people suffered unspeakably from starvation. As the helpless king of Israel(...)
Read1. Elisha’s disciples grew in numbers and needed a bigger place. They went to the Jordan to cut logs to build it. One of them lost a borrowed ax head to the river. With the power of God, Elisha made t(...)
Read1. After experiencing God’s healing power, Naaman returned to Elisha. He had received more than just healing from leprosy. His spiritual eyes were opened. He met the living God. Naaman showed his grat(...)
Read1. Naaman was a well-respected commander in the Syrian army, highly regarded and valiant. But he had an incurable and humiliating disease: leprosy. Naaman’s wife had a servant girl from Israel who kne(...)
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