Monday - Wash & Be Healed - II Kings 5:10-14 - 11/14/16

Elisha , sending Naaman to Jordan, cureth him of his leprosy.

Verse 10 ... And E-li'sha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and ... wash in Jordan 7 times, & thy flesh shall come again to thee, & thou shall be clean. ... The 7 means fullness/completeness in Biblical times.

II Kings 4:41 ... But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; & he said, pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot (evil thing).


II Kings 5:11 ... But Na'a-man was wroth, & went away, & said, ... (I said) (Or said with myself He will surely come out) thought, He will surely come out to me, & stand & call on the name of the LORD his God, & ... strike (move up or down) his hand over the place, & recover the leper.


II Kings 5:12 ... Are not Ab'a-na (Amana) & Phar'par rivers of Da-mas'cus, better than all the waters of Is'ra-el? may I wash in them, & be clean? so he turned & went in a rage.


II Kings 5:13 ... And his servants came near, & spake unto him, & said, my father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, & be clean?


II Kings 5:14 ... Then went he down, & dipped himself 7 times in Jor'dan, according to the saying of the man of God: & ... his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child ...

Job 33:25 ... His flesh shall be fresher (than Childhood) than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:


II Kings 5:14 ... & he was clean.

Luke 4:27 ... And many lepers were in Is'ra-el in the time of El-i-se'us the prophet: & none of them was cleansed, saving Na'a-man the Syrian.


Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN

1 of 2 ... KJV: Elijah

Elijah . I Kings . II Kings . Luke 4 . James 5:17 . Luke 9 . Tishbite

The next topic is not about Elijah, but an 'excerpt' from a Christian Book I reviewed in 2012 about 'How Does God Work in the World?' Examine the Scriptures for yourself.

Elijah (my God is Jehovah,the Tishbite, predicts a great drought (I Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17).



Miraculously fed (I Kings 17:5; 19:5).

Calls down fire from Heaven (II Kings 1:10; Luke 9:54).

Scripture reference used/taken from: The International Teacher's Handy Bible Encyclopedia/Concordance KJV Precious Promise Bible