Category: Bible Comments
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Prosperity Theology Quick Refutation: 2 Kings 13:14
“Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”” – 2 Kings 13:14 NIV This reminds me a lot of prosperity theology where if you have enough…
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The Similar Tales of Two Sets of Kings: 2 Kings 12:17-18, 1 Kings 20:2-6, and 2 Kings 12:20
“About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem. But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his predecessors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the…
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God of Justice: 2 Kings 11:1-2
“When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and…
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Fully Intented For God: 2 Kings 10:28-31 and 1 Samuel 12:24
“So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes…
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Be Thankful for The Times: 2 Kings 9:33-34
““Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot. Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” – 2 Kings 9:33-34 NIV…
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Keep Good Company to Keep from Sin: 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Proverbs 13:20, and Proverbs 1:7
“He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.” – 2 Kings 8:18 NIV Jehoram married the daughter of Ahab and she caused him to follow the ways of the kings of…
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Two Repentant Hearts: 2 Kings 7:9 and Acts 3:19
“Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”” – 2 Kings 7:9 NIV This is highly respectable.…
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