Lesson XXXV. The Prophet Elisha

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

Retold story (not Scripture)
This is a storyteller's retelling from an old children's book. Read the Bible passage for God's own words.

Bible: 2 Kings 2—6 · 1 min read · All ages

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(Omit Stories 6, 7, 8. Tell Stories 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 in Part Fourth. In Story 10, tell only about "The Spring Sweetened by Salt.")

1. How was the prophet E̍̄-lī´jah taken to heaven? In a chariot of fire.

2. Who took E̍̄-lī´jah's place as prophet? E̍̄-lī´shȧ.

3. How did E̍̄-lī´shȧ make the bitter water of a spring sweet? By pouring in salt.

4. How did E̍̄-lī´shȧ help a poor woman to pay a debt? By a vessel of oil.

5. What lady built a room in her house for E̍̄-lī´shȧ? The woman of Shṳ´nem.

6. What did E̍̄-lī´shȧ do for this woman? He raised her son to life.

7. What Sy̆r´ĭ-an general came to E̍̄-lī´shȧ? Nā´a-man.

8. What disease did Nā´a-man have? He was a leper.

9. What did E̍̄-lī´shȧ tell him to do? To wash seven times in the river Jôr´dan.

10. What took place when he had washed? He was made well.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 24. Source

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