THE SHUNAMMITE AND HAZAEL
2 Kings 8:1
(_ Circa_ B.C. 886)
"Our acts still follow with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are."
-GEORGE ELIOT
THE next anecdote of Elisha brings us once more into contact with the
Lady of Shunem. Famines, or dearths, were unhappily of very freque... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) JEHORAM BEN-JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH
B.C. 851-843
(2) AHAZIAH BEN-JEHORAM OF JUDAH
B.C. 843-842
2 Kings 8:16
"Bear with the Turk, no brother near the throne."
-POPE.
THE narrative now reverts to the kingdom of Judah, of which the
historian, mainly occupied with the great deeds of the prophet... [ Continue Reading ]