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 7:1-20 The Famine and the 4 Lepers

 

The Famine and the 4 Lepers

2 Kings 7:1-20                              2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks]

Then, Elisha said, You, hear, [a.k.a. listen to,] the Word of the Lord. The Lord [God] [says this,] Tomorrow about this time, a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, & 2 measures of barley [will be sold] for a shekel, in [Samaria's] gate. 

Then, a lord, on whose hand the king [depended on,] answered the man of God, & said, [Look,] if the Lord [God] would make windows in heaven, [will] this [really] [happen?] And [Elisha] said, [Look,] you [shall] see it with your [own] eyes, but [you] [shall] not eat [of it.] 

And there were 4 [lepers,] at the [gate's entrance,] & they said to [each other,] Why [do] we sit here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, & we shall die there. And if we [continue to] sit here, we [shall] also die. Therefore, now come, & let us [surrender to] the [Syrian's army.] 

If they save us, & [keep] us alive, we shall live, & if they kill us, we shall [still] die. And they rose up in the twilight, to go into the [Syrian's] camp, & when they [came] to [furthest] part of [Syria's] camp, [they] [saw] there [wasn't] [anyone] there. 

For the Lord had made the Syrian [army] hear a noise of: chariots, & horses, & even the noise of a [large army.] And they said to one another, [Look,] the king of Israel [has] hired the kings of: the Hittites & the Egyptians, to come [against] us.

[For this reason,] they arose, & fled in the twilight, & left their: tents, horses, [mules,] & even [left] the camp as it was, & fled for their [lives.] And when these lepers came to the [furthest] part of the camp, they went into 1 tent, & [ate & drank,] & carried [away from] [there:] silver, gold, & [clothing,] & went & hid it.

And [they] came again, & entered into another tent, & also carried [out things from] [there,] & went & hid it. Then, [the lepers] said one to another, We [aren't doing] well, [to] hold our peace, [a.k.a. stay quiet,] about this good [news] this day. If we [wait until sunrise,] some [harm] will come upon us. 

Therefore, come, [so] we may go [now,] & tell the king's household. So, they came, & called the [gate keepers] of the city, saying, We came to the [Syrian's] camp, & [saw,] there [wasn't anyone] there, & neither the voice of [a] man, but [only the sound of:] horses, & [mules] tied [up,] & the tents [are just] [like] they were. The [gate keepers] told the king's [household inside.] 

And the king arose in the night, & said to his servants, I will now [declare to] you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are hungry; & [they've] gone out of the camp, [& [have] [hidden] themselves in the field, [a.k.a. to ambush us,] saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, & [go] into the city.

And one of his servants answered, & said, I pray [that] you let [someone] take 5 of the horses that remain, [that] are left in the city. [See,] they are [like] all the multitude of Israel, [who] are left in it. I say, [Look,] they are even [like] all the multitude of Israelites that are consumed, [a.k.a. died of starvation.]) [So,] let us send [someone] & see. 

Therefore, they took 2 chariot horses. And the king sent after the [Syrian army,] saying, Go & see. And they went after them [all the way to the] Jordan [River,] & [saw,] all the [road] was full of: [clothing] & [containers, that] the Syrians had [thrown] away in their [rush.]

And the messengers returned, & told the king. And the people went out, & [plundered] the [Syrians'] tents. So, a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, & 2 measures of barley [was sold] for a shekel, according to the Word of the Lord. 

And the king appointed the lord he [depended on,] to [be in] charge of the gate, & the people [trampled] upon him in the gate, & he died, [like] [Elisha,] the man of God, had said, who [spoke] when the king [had him] [come] down to [speak with] [Elisha.]

And it [happened] [just] [like] the man of God had [said] to the king, saying, Two measures of barley [shall sell] for a shekel, & a measure of fine flour [shall sell] for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in [Samaria's] gate. 

And that lord that answered the man of God, [had] said, [Look,] now if the Lord [God] should make windows in heaven, might such a thing [as this, really] [happen?] And [Elisha] said, [Look,] you [shall] see it with your [own] eyes, but [shall] not eat [of it.] And it [happened] to him: for the people [trampled] upon him in the gate, & he died.

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