Relax, Recline Before Leaving This Place of Mine

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.-2 Kings 4:8-11***Elijah and Elisha were Israelites and prophets of the Lord God. Elisha assisted Elijah as they journeyed among the Israelites during the reign of King Ahab,  the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants, Ahab's wife Jezebel was a Sidonian (Zidonian) princess. After Jezebel was responsible for many  of the prophets of the Lord God being put to death, Elijah was responsible for Jezebel's idol worshiping prophets being put to death. After Jezebel vowed to kill Elijah, Elijah fled to Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, and journeyed over 40 days to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. The Lord God spoke with Elijah and gave Elijah commands that included anointing Elisha as successor. After Elijah went up into heaven by a whirlwind, Elisha continued journeying throughout the northern nation of Israel, serving the Lord God and the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. A generous woman in Shunem, a city in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Jacob's 9th born son  Issachar, spoke to her husband, and they prepared a place specifically for Elisha. Over 750 years after Elisha died, and a dead man began living again after contact with Elisha's bones, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Capernaum, Jesus spoke to a scribe regarding a place.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-13:25, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 7:1-5, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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