About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.
By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

2 Kings 13:1-25 Elisha, the Lord's Prophet, Dies

 

Elisha, the Lord's Prophet, Dies

2 Kings 13:1-25                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

In the 23rd year of Joash, [Ahaziah's] son, [Judah's] king, Jehoahaz, [Jehu's] son, began to [rule] over Israel in Samaria, & [ruled] 17 years.

[Jehoahaz] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, & followed the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, who [caused] Israel to sin, & [Jehoahaz didn't depart] [from them.] [1 Kings 12:28-30 [Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] took counsel, & made 2 calves of gold & said to the [Israelites,] It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem [to sacrifice.] 

[O Israel, [see] your gods [that] brought you up out of the land of Egypt. And [Jeroboam put] the one [gold calf] in BethEl, & the other he put in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.] 

And the [Lord's] anger [grew] against Israel, & [the Lord God] delivered them into the hand of Hazael, [Syria's] king, & into the hand of BenHadad, [Hazael's] son, all their [lives.]

And Jehoahaz [sought] the Lord, & the Lord [listened] to him, for [the Lord God] saw the oppression of Israel, because [Syria's] king oppressed them. (And the Lord gave Israel, [someone to deliver them,] so they [were rescued] from [being] under the hand of the Syrians. And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [lived] in their tents, [as in the past.] 

[Still,] they [didn't depart] from the sins of the house, [a.k.a. family,] of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked, [a.k.a. followed, in them,] & also, the grove remained there in Samaria.)

[1 Kings 16:32-33 And [Ahab put] up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, [that] he built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove, & Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.]

Neither did [Syria's king] leave [any] of the people [in the army] to Jehoahaz, [except:] 50 horsemen, 10 chariots, & 10,000 foot [soldiers, because] the king of Syria had destroyed them, & made them like the dust [during] threshing [time.] 

Now, aren't the rest of the [actions] of Jehoahaz, & all that he did, & his [strength,] written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? And Jehoahaz [died,] & slept with his [forefathers;] & they buried him in Samaria. 

And [Jehoash, a.k.a. Joash,] his son, [ruled] in his [place.] In the 37th year of Joash, [Judah's] king, Jehoash, [Jehoahaz'] son, began to [rule] over Israel in Samaria, & [ruled] 16 years.

And [Jehoash] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord; & he [didn't depart] from all the sins of Jeroboam, [Nebat's] son, who made Israel sin, but he walked, [a.k.a. followed, in them.]

And aren't the rest of the [actions] of [Jehoash,] & all that he did, & his [strength with which] he fought against Amaziah, [Judah's] king, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

And [Jehoash] [died,] & slept with his [forefathers,] & Jeroboam sat upon his throne, & [Jehoash] was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Now, [prior to the death of Jehoash,] Elisha, [a.k.a. the prophet of the Lord God, had] fallen sick of his [illness of which] he died.

And [Jehoash, Israel's] king, came down to [Elisha,] & wept over his  face, & said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, & the horsemen [of it.] And Elisha said to [Jehoash,] Take [the] bow & arrows. and [Jehoash] took the bow & arrows. 

And [Elisha] said to [Israel's] king, Put your hand on the bow, & he put his hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. And [Elisha] said, Open the [East] window, & [he did.] Then, Elisha said, Shoot, & [Jehoash] shot.

And [Elisha] said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, & the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for you [shall attack] the Syrians in Aphek, [until] you have [destroyed] them.

And [Elisha] said, Take the arrows, & [Jehoash] took them. And [Elisha] said to [Israel's] king, [Strike] the ground [with them.] And [Jehoash struck] [the ground] 3 [times, & stopped.] 

And [Elisha,] the man of God, was [angry] with [Jehoash,] & said, You [should've struck] [the ground] 5 or 6 [times.] Then, [you would] have [attacked] Syria [until] you [had destroyed] it, [but] now, you [shall] [only] [attack] Syria 3 [times.]

And Elisha died, & they buried him. And the [raiding] bands of Moabites, invaded the land at the [beginning] of the year. And it [happened,] as they were burying a man, that they [saw,] & spied a band of men [coming,] & they [dropped] the man, into the [grave] of Elisha.

And when the man was let down, & touched the bones of Elisha, [the man] revived, & stood up on his feet. 

But Hazael, [Syria's] king, oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. And the Lord was gracious to them, & had compassion on them, & [showed] respect to them, because of His covenant, [a.k.a. contract,] with Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, & wouldn't destroy them, & neither [would] [the Lord God] cast them from His presence. 

So Hazael, [Syria's] king, died; & BenHadad, his son, [ruled] in his [place.] And Jehoash, [Jehoahaz'] son, took [back] the cities out of the hand of BenHadad, [Hazael's] son, [who] had taken [them] [from] the hand of Jehoahaz, his father, [through] war. [Jehoash defeated] BenHadad] 3 times, & recovered the cities of Israel.

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