2 Kings 4:8 to 37 follows a woman of Shunem who makes a room on the roof for Elisha. Elisha tells her she will have a son, and she bears a son. Later the boy dies, she goes to Elisha, and she answers: It is well. Elisha prays to the LORD. Read the story, then the real verse.
11 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
lord
a title for a man you respect: my lord; in capital letters, LORD is the name of God in the Bible
noun
door
the way into a room or house
noun
eye
the part of the face you see with
noun
mouth
the part of the face you eat and speak with
noun
holy
set apart for God; special to God
adjective
dwell
to live in a place; a more formal word than live
verb
like
to want something, or to enjoy it
verb
old
having lived many years
adjective
lay
to put someone or something down on a flat place
verb
well
in good condition; all right
adjective
now
at this time; right away
adverb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
A woman of Shunem says Elisha is a holy man and plans a room for him on the roof.
Elisha tells the woman that she will have a son next year, and she bears a son.
The boy says My head and dies. His mother lays him on the prophet’s bed and shuts the door.
The woman goes to Elisha. He sends Gehazi to ask: Is it well? She answers: It is well.
Elisha prays to the LORD, and the boy opens his eyes. Elisha tells the woman: Take up your son.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
2 Kings 4:26 · WEB
Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
How did a guest reach the room above the house? The Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 4:9-10 say that a small room, reached by an outside stairway, assured privacy for both Elisha and his hosts.
Source: Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
2 Kings 4:8 to 37, in the World English Bible.
She asks her husband to make a little room on the roof and to set a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp stand there for him (2 Kings 4:9-10).
He says that at this season next year she will embrace a son, and she bears a son at that season (2 Kings 4:16-17).
Elisha tells Gehazi to run to meet her and ask whether it is well with her, her husband and her child, and she answers: It is well (2 Kings 4:26).
He tells Gehazi to take his staff, go his way, and lay the staff on the child’s face (2 Kings 4:29).
He says: Take up your son. She falls at his feet, bows to the ground, picks up her son and goes out (2 Kings 4:36-37).
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More stories from the Old Testament course, in order.
Story 16Daniel 6
Daniel prays three times a day, and a stone closes the den of lions.
Story 17Jonah 1–2
Jonah goes away by ship, and a mighty storm comes.
Psalm readingPsalms 107
“Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble”: three verses of Psalm 107, read line by line.
21 sentences in simple English, with audio. The first lesson of the course needs no sign-up and no card.
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