The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-10-08
The Sunday Schools.
LESSON FOR NEXT SUNDAY
LESSON IL The Famine in Samaria.
2 Kings z. LIZ


l Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the
Lord: Thus saith the Lord, Tomorrow about
this time shall measure of fine flour be sold
| for a shekel, and TWO measures of barley for q
shekel in the gate of Samaria.
Then lord on whose hand the king leaned
answered the man of God, and said, Behold, il
the Lord would make windows in heaven,
might this thing be? And he said, Behold,
thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt OF
| eat thereof
And there were four leprous men at the
entering in of the gate: and they said one to
another, Why sit we here until we die?
If we say, We will enter into the city, then
| the famine is in the city, and shall die
| there and if we sit still here, we die also Now
| therefore come, and let fall unto the host of
the Syrans: if they save alive, we shall live;
and If they kill us, we shall but de-
| And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto
the camp of the Syrians and when they come
to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, be-
hold, there was no man there.
6. For the Lord had made the host of the
Syrians to hear noise of chariots, and noise
of horses, even the noise of a great host: and
they said one to another. Lo, the king of Israel
hath hired against us the kings of the Hftlites,
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon
us.
Wherefore they arose and fled in the twi-
light, and left their tents and horses, and their
asses, even the camp as it was and fled for their
life.
And when these lepers came to the utter
most part of the camp, they went into one tent.
and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver.
and gold, and raiment, and went and hid 1t ;
and came again, and entered i"to another tent,
and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
Then they said one to another, We do not
well this day is day of good tidi gs, and we
hold our peace: if We tarry till the morning
light, some mischief will come upon us: now
srefore come, that may go and tell the
kings household.
10 So they came and called unto the porter of
the city and they told them, saying, We came
TO the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there
was no man there, neither voice of man, but
horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents they
were.
IL And he called the porters; and they told
it to The kings house within.
IL And the king arose in the night, and said
unto his servants, will now show you what
the SyriaAs have done to us. They know that
we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of
the camp to hide themselves in the field, say
ing, When thev come out of the city, we shall
catch them alive, and get into the city.
13 And one of the servants answered and
said, Let some take, pray thee, five of the
horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are all the multitude of Israel
that are left in it; behold, I say, they are even
all the multitude of the Israelites that are
consumed y and let US send and see.
IA They took therefore two chariot horses;
and the king sent after the host of the Syrians
saying, Go and see.
Is And they went after them unto Jordan:
and, To- all the way was full of garments and
vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in
their haste. And the messengers returned, and
told the king.
16. And the people went out and spof ed the
tents of the Sy rianS So measure OF fine flour
was sold for a shekel and TWO measures OF bar
ley for Shekel, according 10 the woru OF lhe
Lord.
Y And the king appointed the lord on whose
hand he Leaned to have the charge of the gate:
and the people trnde upon him in he gate, ard
he died "a he man of God had said. who spake
when the king came down TO him.
GOLDEN TEXT.-The things which are impos-
sible with men are are possible with Cod
Luke Is, q.
TIME.-B. C S85.
PLACE.-The city of Samaria, beseiged by