WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.587 Day 200 and 28 00:00:04.956 --> 00:00:08.766 when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. 00:00:09.336 --> 00:00:15.156 Elijah and Elijah were traveling from Gilgal and Elijah said to Elijah, 00:00:15.606 --> 00:00:20.526 stay here for the Lord has told me to go to Bethel, but Elisha replied, 00:00:20.796 --> 00:00:25.206 as surely as the Lord lives, and you yourself live, I will never leave you. 00:00:25.986 --> 00:00:27.996 So they went down together to Bethel. 00:00:28.791 --> 00:00:33.261 The group of prophets from Bethel came to Elijah and asked him, did 00:00:33.261 --> 00:00:36.741 you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today? 00:00:37.731 --> 00:00:41.601 Of course, I know Elijah answered, but be quiet about it. 00:00:42.651 --> 00:00:48.711 Then Elijah said to Elijah, stay here for the Lord has told me to go to Jericho. 00:00:49.401 --> 00:00:54.231 But Elisha replied again, as surely as the Lord lives, and you yourself live. 00:00:54.531 --> 00:00:55.641 I will never leave you. 00:00:56.526 --> 00:00:58.506 So they went on together to Jericho. 00:00:59.586 --> 00:01:04.566 Then the group of prophets from Jericho came to Elijah and asked him, did 00:01:04.571 --> 00:01:07.986 you know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today? 00:01:08.766 --> 00:01:12.906 Of course, I know Elijah answered, but be quiet about it. 00:01:14.106 --> 00:01:18.906 Then Elijah said to Elijah, stay here for the Lord has told 00:01:18.906 --> 00:01:20.346 me to go to the Jordan River. 00:01:21.141 --> 00:01:26.331 But again, Elijah replied, as surely as the Lord lives, and you yourself 00:01:26.331 --> 00:01:28.161 live, I will never leave you. 00:01:29.031 --> 00:01:30.381 So they went on together. 00:01:31.371 --> 00:01:35.421 50 men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a 00:01:35.426 --> 00:01:39.711 distance as Elijah and Elijah stopped beside the Jordan River. 00:01:40.671 --> 00:01:44.871 Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. 00:01:45.591 --> 00:01:50.391 The river divided and the two of them went across on dry ground. 00:01:51.321 --> 00:01:55.971 When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elijah, tell me what I 00:01:55.971 --> 00:01:58.311 can do for you before I am taken away. 00:01:59.091 --> 00:02:03.351 And Elijah replied, please let me inherit a double share of your 00:02:03.351 --> 00:02:05.391 spirit and become your successor. 00:02:06.201 --> 00:02:07.851 You have asked a difficult thing. 00:02:08.241 --> 00:02:12.921 Elijah replied, if you see me when I'm taken from you, then 00:02:12.921 --> 00:02:14.301 you will get your request. 00:02:14.781 --> 00:02:16.881 But if not, then you won't. 00:02:18.111 --> 00:02:20.271 As they were walking along and talking. 00:02:20.736 --> 00:02:25.986 Suddenly a chariot of fire appeared drawn by horses of fire. 00:02:26.496 --> 00:02:31.026 It drove between the two men separating them, and Elijah was 00:02:31.026 --> 00:02:33.096 carried by a whirlwind into heaven. 00:02:34.176 --> 00:02:36.786 Elisha saw it and cried out. 00:02:37.056 --> 00:02:37.896 My father. 00:02:38.046 --> 00:02:38.856 My father. 00:02:39.366 --> 00:02:43.566 I see the cha chariots and chariot ears of Israel, and as they 00:02:43.566 --> 00:02:47.526 disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress. 00:02:48.936 --> 00:02:53.196 Elijah picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. 00:02:53.886 --> 00:02:56.676 Then Elijah returned to the bank of the Jordan River. 00:02:57.576 --> 00:03:02.766 He struck the water with Elijah's cloak and cried out, where is the Lord? 00:03:02.856 --> 00:03:04.026 The God of Elijah. 00:03:04.866 --> 00:03:08.466 Then the river divided and Elijah went across. 00:03:09.456 --> 00:03:12.636 When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance 00:03:12.636 --> 00:03:14.526 what happened, they exclaimed. 00:03:15.456 --> 00:03:21.936 Elijah's spirit rests upon Elijah and they went to meet him and bowed to the ground 00:03:21.936 --> 00:03:28.566 before him, sir, they said, just say the word and 50 of our strongest men will 00:03:28.566 --> 00:03:30.426 search the wilderness for your master. 00:03:31.146 --> 00:03:35.406 Perhaps the spirit of the Lord has left him on some mountain or in some valley. 00:03:36.426 --> 00:03:42.006 No, Elisha said Don't send them, but they kept urging him until 00:03:42.006 --> 00:03:43.596 they shamed him into agreeing. 00:03:44.151 --> 00:03:47.001 And he finally said, all right, send them. 00:03:47.871 --> 00:03:52.611 So 50 men searched for three days, but did not find Elijah. 00:03:53.781 --> 00:03:56.391 Elijah was still at Jericho when they returned. 00:03:57.051 --> 00:03:58.851 Didn't I tell you not to go? 00:03:59.091 --> 00:03:59.691 He asked. 00:04:01.551 --> 00:04:04.821 One day, the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elijah. 00:04:05.751 --> 00:04:07.341 We have a problem, my Lord. 00:04:07.551 --> 00:04:12.411 They told him This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. 00:04:13.131 --> 00:04:16.551 But the water is bad and the land is unproductive. 00:04:17.511 --> 00:04:21.291 Elisha said, bring me a new bowl with salt in it. 00:04:21.921 --> 00:04:22.971 So they brought it to him. 00:04:23.571 --> 00:04:26.691 Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water 00:04:27.051 --> 00:04:32.121 and threw the salt into it, and he said, this is what the Lord says. 00:04:32.721 --> 00:04:34.371 I have purified this water. 00:04:34.761 --> 00:04:38.781 It will no longer cause death or infertility, and the water 00:04:38.786 --> 00:04:40.551 has remained pure ever since. 00:04:40.971 --> 00:04:42.201 Just as Elisha said. 00:04:43.671 --> 00:04:46.461 Elijah left Jericho and went up to Bethel. 00:04:47.211 --> 00:04:51.351 As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began 00:04:51.356 --> 00:04:53.181 mocking and making fun of him. 00:04:54.111 --> 00:04:54.801 Go away. 00:04:54.801 --> 00:04:57.441 Baldy, they chanted, go away. 00:04:57.441 --> 00:04:58.041 Baldy. 00:04:59.391 --> 00:05:02.721 Elijah turned around and looked at them, and he cursed 00:05:02.721 --> 00:05:04.281 them in the name of the Lord. 00:05:05.211 --> 00:05:09.921 Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled 42 of them. 00:05:10.821 --> 00:05:15.681 From there, Elijah went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria. 00:05:18.591 --> 00:05:23.721 Ahab's son Jora began to rule over Israel in the 18th year of 00:05:23.721 --> 00:05:28.521 King Jehoshaphat's reign In Judah, he reigned in Samaria 12 years. 00:05:28.941 --> 00:05:32.601 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, but not to the same 00:05:32.601 --> 00:05:34.191 extent as his father and mother. 00:05:34.941 --> 00:05:38.991 He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up. 00:05:39.606 --> 00:05:44.886 Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jar Boem son of Neba had committed 00:05:45.336 --> 00:05:47.346 and led the people of Israel to commit. 00:05:49.416 --> 00:05:52.596 King Misha of Moab was a sheep breeder. 00:05:53.076 --> 00:05:57.816 He used to pay the King of Israel, an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs 00:05:58.116 --> 00:06:00.966 and the wool of 100,000 rams. 00:06:01.791 --> 00:06:06.111 But after Ahab's death, the King of Moab rebelled against the King of Israel. 00:06:06.651 --> 00:06:11.151 So King Jora promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from 00:06:11.151 --> 00:06:16.491 Samaria on the way he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah. 00:06:17.031 --> 00:06:19.191 The king of Moab has rebelled against me. 00:06:19.791 --> 00:06:21.691 Will you join me in battle against him? 00:06:22.461 --> 00:06:24.861 And Jeha Shaphat replied, why? 00:06:24.861 --> 00:06:25.491 Of course. 00:06:25.866 --> 00:06:27.276 You and I are as one. 00:06:27.546 --> 00:06:31.686 My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses. 00:06:32.346 --> 00:06:35.406 Then Jeha Shaphat asked, what route will we take? 00:06:36.126 --> 00:06:38.316 We will attack from the wilderness of Edam. 00:06:38.736 --> 00:06:44.766 Jora replied the king of Edam and his troops joined them, and all three armies 00:06:44.856 --> 00:06:49.806 traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days, but there 00:06:49.806 --> 00:06:52.506 was no water for the men or their animals. 00:06:53.346 --> 00:06:54.276 What should we do? 00:06:54.516 --> 00:06:56.016 The King of Israel cried out. 00:06:56.736 --> 00:07:00.696 The Lord has brought the three of us here to let the King of Moab defeat us. 00:07:01.596 --> 00:07:06.756 But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, is there no prophet of the Lord with us? 00:07:07.386 --> 00:07:10.536 If there is, we can ask the Lord what to do through him. 00:07:11.256 --> 00:07:16.566 One of King Ham's officers replied, Elisha, son of Sha fat is here. 00:07:17.226 --> 00:07:19.506 He used to be Elijah's personal assistant. 00:07:20.286 --> 00:07:22.086 Jehoshaphat said, yes. 00:07:22.086 --> 00:07:23.436 The Lord speaks through him. 00:07:24.396 --> 00:07:28.116 So the King of Israel, king Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the King 00:07:28.116 --> 00:07:30.576 of Edam, went to consult with Elisha. 00:07:31.776 --> 00:07:33.036 Why are you coming to me? 00:07:33.336 --> 00:07:38.496 Elisha asked the King of Israel, go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother. 00:07:39.216 --> 00:07:41.796 But King Jora of Israel said, no. 00:07:42.186 --> 00:07:45.636 For it was the Lord who called us three kings here only to be 00:07:45.636 --> 00:07:47.316 defeated by the king of Moab. 00:07:48.156 --> 00:07:49.236 Elijah replied. 00:07:49.671 --> 00:07:54.141 As surely as the Lord Almighty lives whom I serve, I wouldn't even bother 00:07:54.141 --> 00:07:58.371 with you except for my respect for King Jha Shaphat of Judah. 00:07:59.061 --> 00:08:01.041 Now bring me someone who can play the harp. 00:08:01.791 --> 00:08:07.071 While the harp was being played, the power of the Lord came upon Elisha and 00:08:07.071 --> 00:08:09.621 he said, this is what the Lord says. 00:08:10.371 --> 00:08:13.941 This dry valley will be filled with pools of water. 00:08:14.616 --> 00:08:18.096 You will see neither wind nor rain says the Lord. 00:08:18.546 --> 00:08:20.916 But this valley will be filled with water. 00:08:21.666 --> 00:08:25.206 You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals, 00:08:26.106 --> 00:08:29.976 but this is only a simple thing for the Lord, for He will make you 00:08:29.976 --> 00:08:32.406 victorious over the army of Moab. 00:08:33.111 --> 00:08:35.271 You will conquer the best of their towns. 00:08:35.511 --> 00:08:39.861 Even the fortified ones, you will cut down all their good trees, 00:08:40.131 --> 00:08:44.511 stop up all their springs and ruin all their good land with stones. 00:08:45.411 --> 00:08:49.071 The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, 00:08:49.581 --> 00:08:54.261 water suddenly appeared it was flowing from the direction of Edam, 00:08:55.011 --> 00:08:56.871 and soon there was water everywhere. 00:08:57.861 --> 00:09:02.526 Meanwhile, When the people of Moab heard about the three armies marching against 00:09:02.526 --> 00:09:07.776 them, they mobilized every man who was old enough to strap on a sword and they 00:09:07.776 --> 00:09:09.696 stationed themselves along their border. 00:09:10.836 --> 00:09:15.726 But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making 00:09:15.731 --> 00:09:19.026 it appear red to the Moabites like blood. 00:09:19.926 --> 00:09:20.796 It's blood. 00:09:20.976 --> 00:09:25.626 The Moabites exclaimed the three armies must have attacked and killed each other. 00:09:26.436 --> 00:09:29.226 Let's go men of Moab and collect the plunder. 00:09:30.126 --> 00:09:34.296 But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel 00:09:34.296 --> 00:09:39.966 rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran The army of Israel, 00:09:39.966 --> 00:09:45.336 chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything As they went, they 00:09:45.341 --> 00:09:50.436 destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the 00:09:50.436 --> 00:09:53.256 springs and cut down all the good trees. 00:09:54.156 --> 00:09:59.766 Finally, only Kier Hareth and its stone walls were left, but men with 00:09:59.766 --> 00:10:01.866 slings surrounded and attacked it. 00:10:02.646 --> 00:10:07.056 When the King of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his 00:10:07.056 --> 00:10:11.016 swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near 00:10:11.016 --> 00:10:13.416 the king of Edam, but they failed. 00:10:14.196 --> 00:10:17.826 Then the King of Moab took his oldest son, who would've been 00:10:17.826 --> 00:10:22.296 the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. 00:10:23.226 --> 00:10:27.636 So there was great anger against Israel and the Israelites withdrew 00:10:27.816 --> 00:10:29.346 and returned to their own land. 00:10:31.356 --> 00:10:34.236 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:10:34.356 --> 00:10:35.286 Thank you for joining us.