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The Prophet's Mantle, Scenes From the Life of Elisha
The Prophet's Mantle Scenes From the Life of Elisha Author:James Murray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: S3 IV. IN THE CONFEDERATE CAMP. 2 Kings, iii. 11, 12. " But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him ? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him." When David was king, and his valiant worthies were at the head of his forces, both Moab and Edom became tributary to Israel; which they continued to be under Solomon also. But when the ten tribes revolted, the king of Moab transferred his allegiance to Jeroboam, the new ruler; whilst the king of Edom still continued tributary to Judah, under Eehoboam. And this continued to be the state of things down to the time of Ahab's death ; but during the reign of Ahaziah, his eldest son, the king of Moab and his people revolted against Israel. Whether it was thatAhaziah wanted spirit, or that his reign was so brief that there was little opportunity during its continuance for resorting to extreme measures to bring them back, it is certain that the accustomed tribute was withheld. We may suppose his brief reign to have been a period of angry messages and threats on the one hand, and of half-promises and excuses more or less plausible on the other; but under Jehoram, Ahab's second son, the withdrawal passed into open defiance. And not only the king but all Israel must have felt this to occasion a great loss, for the tribute annually paid by Moab consisted of not less than an hundred thou...« less