# Death of Elisha - The Book of 2 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 20 Dec 2023, 10 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 113. In this episode, we'll explore an intriguing story from 2 Kings in the Bible about Jehoahaz and his son Jehoash, kings of Israel. We'll learn how Jehoahaz, despite not being a good king, sought God's help and received it. Then, we follow Jehoash as he visits the dying prophet Elisha. Hear about the symbolic act of shooting arrows as a sign of victory over Syria and Elisha's final prophecy to Jehoash. But there's a miraculous twist! Discover what happens when a man's body is hastily placed in Elisha's tomb, leading to an astonishing event. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: He said, open the window eastward, and he opened it.
[0:05] Speaker 1: Then Elisha said, shoot, and he shot. He said, the
[0:09] Speaker 1: Lord's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria.
[0:14] Speaker 1: 2 Kings 13, 17. Dear God, thank you for the
[0:21] Speaker 1: gift of faith that you so freely give us. Help
[0:25] Speaker 1: us to be strong, bold, and courageous when you ask
[0:28] Speaker 1: us to do something big for you. We know that
[0:32] Speaker 1: when we are weak, that's when you are strong in us.
[0:36] Speaker 1: And with your strength, we can do anything. In Jesus'
[0:41] Speaker 1: name I pray. Amen.
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[1:17] Speaker 3: Death of Elisha. In our last story, we learned about
[1:22] Speaker 3: the reign and rule of Joash. In this story... Elisha
[1:26] Speaker 3: will die after he gives Jehoash a message, as inspired
[1:32] Speaker 3: by 2 Kings.
[1:36] Speaker 1: Hi everyone, it's Joya Sadler here. Welcome back for another
[1:40] Speaker 1: story from the Kids Bible in a Year podcast. Today
[1:44] Speaker 1: we say a final farewell to Elisha and learn just
[1:48] Speaker 1: how strong God is, especially when we're feeling weak. So
[1:53] Speaker 1: lean in and listen close.
[1:58] Speaker 3: Jehoas had become the king after his father Jehu had died.
[2:02] Speaker 3: He wasn't a good king, but he asked the Lord
[2:06] Speaker 3: for help, and the Lord did help him. His son's
[2:10] Speaker 3: name was Jehoash. Jehoas had died and left Jehoash to
[2:15] Speaker 3: become king. During his time as king, Elisha became sick
[2:20] Speaker 3: and was close to dying. Jehoash heard the news and
[2:25] Speaker 3: went to pay him a visit. The king sat beside
[2:28] Speaker 3: Elisha's bed and cried, My father, my father, he said,
[2:34] Speaker 3: the chariots and horsemen of Israel. Elisha told him, Go
[2:39] Speaker 3: get your bow and some arrows. When Jehoash returned with
[2:43] Speaker 3: his bow and arrows, the prophet told him, Grab the bow.
[2:48] Speaker 3: So the king did as told. Elisha put his hand
[2:51] Speaker 3: on top of Jehoash's hand and told him to open
[2:54] Speaker 3: the window. The king did as told. Elisha then said,
[3:00] Speaker 3: Shoot an arrow out the window. The king did as told.
[3:06] Speaker 3: This arrow is God's salvation, an arrow of deliverance from
[3:10] Speaker 3: Aram and victory over Syria. Now grab more arrows and
[3:15] Speaker 3: hit them with the ground. The king did as told
[3:18] Speaker 3: and hit the ground three times and stopped. Elisha groaned
[3:23] Speaker 3: and yelled at Jehoash. Only three times? You should have
[3:27] Speaker 3: hit it five or six times. You would have won
[3:30] Speaker 3: every battle against Syria. Now you'll only win three. Elisha
[3:36] Speaker 3: soon died and was buried in a tomb. The next spring,
[3:41] Speaker 3: some Israelite men were putting together a funeral for another
[3:44] Speaker 3: one of their neighbors. As they were doing this, they
[3:48] Speaker 3: heard some people coming toward them, and when they looked
[3:51] Speaker 3: up to see who the noise was coming from, They
[3:53] Speaker 3: realized it was Moabite raiders. Anxious and scared, they quickly
[3:58] Speaker 3: threw the body of the man into Elisha's tomb. As
[4:02] Speaker 3: soon as the corpse touched Elisha's bones, the man came
[4:06] Speaker 3: to life and stood up and then walked out on
[4:10] Speaker 3: his feet.
[4:15] Speaker 1: What a life Elisha lived. There's so much we can
[4:18] Speaker 1: learn from today's story. We opened with Jehoash as king
[4:23] Speaker 1: and Elisha beginning to feel very sick. The Bible tells
[4:27] Speaker 1: us that this sickness would eventually lead to his death.
[4:31] Speaker 1: But how could that be? God had just used Elisha
[4:35] Speaker 1: time and time again to heal others that were sick.
[4:39] Speaker 1: And he was such a faithful servant to God. Why
[4:43] Speaker 1: do you think God allowed Elisha to die of this sickness? Well,
[4:48] Speaker 1: This is a lesson we've learned before, and it's a
[4:51] Speaker 1: lesson you will learn throughout your whole life. God's ways
[4:55] Speaker 1: are not our ways. He does things differently than we
[4:58] Speaker 1: would because he has a big, giant, perfect plan that
[5:02] Speaker 1: never fails. So as usual, that means we can trust
[5:06] Speaker 1: him when bad things happen to good people. You might
[5:10] Speaker 1: know someone you love very much who is sick or
[5:14] Speaker 1: who is now in heaven. When you feel confused about that,
[5:18] Speaker 1: or maybe even frustrated and upset, remember Elijah, God's incredible
[5:24] Speaker 1: servant who was used to do great things. For reasons
[5:28] Speaker 1: we don't know, it was time for him to leave
[5:31] Speaker 1: the earth. But when God does something we don't understand,
[5:35] Speaker 1: we can trust that he is God and he is
[5:38] Speaker 1: all good. So his plan is always the best plan,
[5:43] Speaker 1: even if we don't understand it right now. But God
[5:47] Speaker 1: has promised that one day there will be no more sadness, tears,
[5:51] Speaker 1: or dying. Next, we heard about something strange Elisha asked
[5:56] Speaker 1: Jehosh to do. He said to open the window and
[6:00] Speaker 1: shoot an arrow out eastward. He told Jehosh that this
[6:05] Speaker 1: arrow was God's salvation and was a sign of the
[6:08] Speaker 1: victory Israel would have over their enemies in Syria. Jehoash
[6:13] Speaker 1: was worried that God's protection and help will leave Israel
[6:17] Speaker 1: with him when Elisha died. This was Elisha's way of
[6:22] Speaker 1: saying that as long as you have faith, God is
[6:24] Speaker 1: with you, and he represents the arrow that will strike
[6:28] Speaker 1: your enemies. We have enemies too, you know. Our enemies
[6:32] Speaker 1: aren't always people, though. Sometimes we are afraid of doing
[6:36] Speaker 1: something because we might fail. Other times we don't want
[6:40] Speaker 1: to do things that seem hard or too big. Just
[6:44] Speaker 1: like God was with Elisha, God is with you too.
[6:48] Speaker 1: And the great thing about being in God's family is
[6:51] Speaker 1: that when you feel like something is too hard or
[6:54] Speaker 1: too much, God can do it for you because he's
[6:58] Speaker 1: already strong enough. Paul talks about this in 2 Corinthians 12.
[7:04] Speaker 1: He says that it's actually a good thing when we
[7:07] Speaker 1: go through something hard. feel weak or not good enough.
[7:11] Speaker 1: Do you know why? Because Paul says that when we're weak,
[7:16] Speaker 1: God is strong in us. That's when we see his
[7:19] Speaker 1: power working in us best, when we just can't do
[7:23] Speaker 1: it without him. All right, let's get back to Elisha.
[7:27] Speaker 1: He tells Jehoash to grab more arrows and hit the
[7:31] Speaker 1: ground with them. But when Jehoash only hit the arrows
[7:36] Speaker 1: on the ground three times, Elijah said that was not
[7:39] Speaker 1: enough and that Israel would only win three battles because
[7:42] Speaker 1: of it. You see, Jehoash had faith to shoot the
[7:46] Speaker 1: first arrow, but when it came to the rest, he
[7:50] Speaker 1: was not very confident or bold. It's so important to
[7:54] Speaker 1: remember that when God asks you to do something that
[7:57] Speaker 1: feels big, when you do it, do it all the way.
[8:02] Speaker 1: Be strong and courageous and trust God to work in you.
[8:06] Speaker 1: At the end of today's story, Elisha died and was buried.
[8:10] Speaker 1: We heard about a man who was thrown in his
[8:13] Speaker 1: tomb and came back to life after touching Elisha's bones. Wow.
[8:19] Speaker 1: Just when you think God has finished working in someone's life,
[8:23] Speaker 1: he does something amazing. He was still using this great
[8:28] Speaker 1: prophet even in Elisha's grave. Thanks for listening today and
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[8:35] Speaker 1: to be swallowed up by a big fish.
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