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Off With Their Heads

September 23, 2012

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The Fall of Jerusalem Second Kings 8:1 to 24:1 8:1 The woman whose son Elisha had revived from illness was sent by that holy man to Philistinia to survive a famine. She eventually returned and the king was nice enough to give her back the land he had taken from her earlier. Things seemed pretty […]

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With a Grain of Salt

September 16, 2012

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Elisha Second Kings 1:1 to 6:8 1:1 With Ahab dead, Ahaziah took over as king but soon became very sick. The Moabites took this opportunity to rebel against their Israelite overlords. Meanwhile Ahaziah sent men over to Ekron to ask their god Zebub for help getting well. Elijah intercepted them and asked “Zebub? Really? Have […]

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A Dog Eat Dog World

September 9, 2012

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Elijah and Ahab First Kings 11:28 to 25:51 11:28 Solomon promoted Jeraboam to number one head boss of all the tribes. One day Jeraboam met a prophet who grabbed at Jerry’s new clothes and tore them into pieces. He used the pieces of clothing to illustrate his predictions of the future political situation. It was […]

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