Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online

Now we've reached a point within the Sacred Record, where we find that Elisha is reassuring Jehoram the Israel king.

"Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah (two gallons) of flour will sell for a shekel (one dollar) and two seahs (four gallons) of barley for a shekel (one dollar) at the gate of Samaria." (2 Kings 7:1)

This is a foretelling by Elisha, that speaks about the siege of the dark famine, that was being caused by Ben-Hadad and his army, ending in twenty four hours. The prophet would go further by prophesying that Jehoram's chief official would see this dark famine lift and the food supply restored back towards the land.

But because of his unbelief in the one true God, he will die before he could participate in the miracle blessing:

"So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the manof God and said, 'Look, if the LORD would make windows inheaven, could this thing be?' And he said, 'In fact, youshall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.'" (2 Kings 7:2)

As we move forward, we now find that there were four lepers who sat at the gate entrance that led into the city of Samaria. These four men were not only afflicted with the terrible disease called leprosy, but they were starving to death from the siege of the dark famine that was plaguing the land.

So the four lepers decided to come up with a survival plan between them all. "Why stay here until we die? If we say, 'We'll go into the city' -- the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let's go over to the camp of the Arameanians and surrender. If they spare us we live, if they kill us, then we die."

So these four lepers headed over towards the camp of the Arameanians and when they arrived, they would find out that there was not one single person that could be found within the camp. It would seem, that the Lord had allowed the Arameanians minds to become delusional during the night hours; and the Arameanians thought that they heard a large and powerful army of horses and chariots headed towards them.

"Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!" they would say fearfully amongst themselves. So they fled for their lives, leaving their camps and everything they had behind.

When the four lepers had seen that the Arameanian camp was abandoned, they quickly started looking into the different tents and began eating and drinking from the food that was left behind. Then they began looting the area; and hiding what valuable things that they were able to find.

Then one of the lepers spoke out: "We're not doing 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." So the four lepers stopped what they we're doing and headed back to the city of Samaria.

When the four lepers had reached the city gates they called out to the gatekeepers: "We went into the Arameanian camp and not a man was there -- not a sound of anyone, only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just like they were."

So the gatekeepers shouted out the news into the city and word quickly spread throughout the palace. When the news had reached Jehoram the Israel king, he arranged a meeting with his top officials that very night:

"I will tell you what the Arameanians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left their camp to hide in the countryside, thinking. 'The Israelites will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city,'" Jehoram told his officials while fearing that an ambush might be in the works.

One of Jehoram's officials had suggested that maybe they should send out a scout team to go and explore the Arameanian camp area. Jehoram agreed with his official: "Go and find out what has happened." The king told the scouts. So the scouts headed out and explored the camp area of the Arameanians.

While searching the area, the scout team also found a trail that was left behind from the Arameanian army. They were able to follow this trail all the way back to the River Jordan. Along the way, they learned that as the Arameanian army was fleeing, they were also shedding their garments and equipment along the way.

So the scouts headed back to inform the Israel king about all that they had seen. After the king had heard that the four leper's story had been confirmed, the Israelites went out to the Arameanian camp and plundered and looted all that the Arameanians had left behind.

The dark famine was now officially over in the land of Samaria and a seah (two gallons) of flour sold for a shekel (one dollar) and two seahs of barley grain sold for a shekel (one dollar) just like Elisha had prophesied the day before.

Now Jehoram had put the chief official that had doubted Elisha's prophecy, in charge of the city gates and right after he had taken his post, the Israelites in their mad dash to go and gathered food from the abandoned Arameanian camp, trampled him in the gateway and he died.

Remember that this was the same chief official that had doubted the Word of God the day before. And because of his doubt, Elisha had prophesied that he would indeed see all that he had prophesied; but he will die before he himself could partake in any of it.

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