Elisha's Promise Fulfilled. II Kings 7

 

II Kings 7 – Elisha’s promise Fulfilled

 

The king of Israel sends an executioner to slay Elisha. God forewarns Elisha and gives him the good news that the famine will end on the following day. One shekel would probably be worth about $0.65 that means the inflation would be over. Apparently, the king believed Elisha's prophecy because he spared his life at this time. This prediction was literally fulfilled the next day.

There were four leprous men at the gate and they said one to another “why sit we here until we die?” Because they were lepers, they were excluded from society and were dependent upon relatives or friends bringing them food. Now that everyone inside the city was starving, of course, there was no surplus for them. The lepers realizing, they had nothing to lose, decided to throw themselves upon the mercy of the enemy. When they reached the camp of the Syrians they found it deserted.

The sound of an approaching army had put them in a panic and the Syrians took off. It was every man for himself. In their scramble to get away they had left everything, all the supplies they had. After the Syrian Army had left the lepers went into the camp and gorged themselves on gourmet food for as long as they could eat, then they found and had more gold and silver than they would ever need. “We've got to tell them the good news.”

At this moment you and I are enjoying the word of God. Today is the day of good tidings and we sit here and enjoy it. What about getting the word out to others? What are you doing to share the word of God with those who are starving spiritually?

After the lepers told the king the good news the children of Israel went into the abandoned Syrian camp and found enough food to feed an army of several thousand the prophecy of Elijah was literally fulfilled.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.