II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 378
The History of the People of Israel
for three-· days, but could not find
x8 him. They consequently returned to him, for he was staying in jeriko, Did I not tell you not to go? ’ (B. c. 896.) §nzzh¤iz.¤ uf. Glizlya. 20 2.1 22 The men of the town once said to
The position of the town is good., as your lordship perceives, but the water is bad, and the ground Fetch
me a new bowl, and put salt init, Then hewent to the water-springs and threw the salt Thus says the EvER—L1vINGl I have cured these waters, death and barrenness shall no · And the waters have been healthyto this day, according to the message Alisha de- livered. Once he went up from there to
Bethel, and as he was on theroad some young lads met him. near the town,and Go up bald when he turned and cursed them inthe Name of the Evnx·r.1vm‘o, and two bears from the forest met- them and tore forty·two of the lads.—From,thex·e he went to Mount Karmel, and after— wards he settled in Shomeron. (nc,. 896..) , §ly¤;·am¤he¤·§Alalyuh reigns sire: israel. jhoram-ben—Akhab began to reign ·
over Israel, inr Shomeron, infthe eleventh year of jhoshafat king of judah, and he reigned twelve years, and did wrong in the eyes of the Evan-Lnvmo ; but not- like. his father and mother, for he overturned the Columns of Bal that his father had made. From the sins, however, of ]erabam—ben·Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin, he did not turn away. muah ilclwlls, hut is again Sulrinxzh. Mesha, the king of Moab, was his
shepherd, and paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand .rams’ tleeces. But when Akhab died the king of Moab revol ted from the king of Israel. Then King jhoram at once set out from Shomeron, and organized the forces of Israel, and marched. He also sent to jhoshafat king of judah Moab has revolted from me will you go with me to Moab to
And he answered, "I will go, for mine are yours, and your people are like mine, and my cavalry He also asked, ‘ By what road shall we advance? By way of the Pastures of Edom. (ac. 895.) dbz gharrly. The king of Israel and the king of
Judah and the king of Edom conse· quently marched. by that route for seven days, until there was no water for the soldiers, or the cattle belong· ing to them, so that the king of israel Alas ! why has the EVER- LIVING collected these three, kings to give them to the hand of _ Moab l I0 (ac. 896.) §li¤¤lyafat asks fer ar $rupl3zt. Is there u. not a Preacher ofthe EVER-Livmc. here, that we may enquire of the» EvER·L!VING through, him P ’ Then one-of the officers addressed
the king of.Israel and said, “ Alisha- on the handsof- Eliah. The word
of the Even-Lrvxwe is withihim. Therefore the king of ,Israe1,_ and ],hoshafat, and- the king of Edom, went to him, when Alishaasked the king of Israel, ‘f Why do you come to me? _Go.to the Preachers of your father,. and the Preachers of your But the king of Israel replied, Noi For the Evnmuvmo has
collected- these three kings to give them to the hand of Moab. By the
life of the Even-L1v1r~zo‘ Pownn, be- fore Whose face I stand,——but for the presenceofjhoshafat king ofjudah, I would perishirather than attend to you, or, see you! But, however, And a harp was brought with a harper. Then. the hand of the EVER-LIVING came upon 'I`hus_says the Even-uviuol ‘ Make trenches in _this valley} For thus says the l:“ZvER= Livmo, ,‘ No wind shall be perceived, 378 I 2 I3 16
