2 Kings 4:13 Cross References - NSB

¹³ he said to Gehazi: »Ask her what I can do for her in return for all the trouble she has had in providing for our needs. Maybe she would like me to go to the king or the army commander and put in a good word for her.« »I have all I need here among my own people,« she answered.

²⁴ »Let the young men who came with me take their portion: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.«

¹ There was a famine in the land in the days when the judges ruled. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. ² The man was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi, and the two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. They went to Moab and stayed there. ³ Naomi’s husband Elimelech died. And she was left with her two sons. ⁴ They took two women of Moab as their wives. One was Orpah and the other Ruth. They made their home there for about ten years.

¹³ »Say to Amasa: ‘Are you my flesh and blood? May God strike me dead unless you are given Joab’s place to serve me always as the commander of the army.’«

³² Barzillai was a very old man. He was eighty years old. He was very rich. He supplied the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim. ³³ The king said to him: »Come with me to Jerusalem. I will take care of you.« ³⁴ Barzillai answered: »I do not have long to live. Why should I go with Your Majesty to Jerusalem? ³⁵ »I am already eighty years old. Nothing gives me pleasure any more. I cannot taste what I eat and drink. I cannot hear the voices of singers. I would only be a burden to my lord the king. ³⁶ »I will cross the river with you. But I will only go a little way on the other side. You do not have to be so kind to me. ³⁷ »Please let me return to my hometown. There I can someday be buried near my father and mother. My servant Chimham can go with you. You can treat him as your own.« ³⁸ David said: »I will take Chimham with me. Whatever you ask me to do for him, I will do. If you want anything else I will do it.«

³² »Jehovah will punish Joab for those murders he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.

¹⁵ »Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.« ¹⁶ He said: »This is what Jehovah says: ‘Dig ditches all over this dry streambed (wadi). ¹⁷ »You will not see any rain or wind. This streambed will be filled with water and you and your animals will have plenty to drink.« ¹⁸ Elisha continued: »This is an easy thing for Jehovah to do. He will also give you victory over the Moabites.

¹ Elisha told the woman who lived in Shunem, whose son he brought back to life: »Jehovah is sending a famine on the land. It will last for seven years. Leave with your family and go live somewhere else.«

³ When the seven years ended she returned to Israel. She went to the king to ask that her house and her land be restored to her. ⁴ The king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha's servant, when she found him. The king wanted to know about Elisha's miracles. ⁵ Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought a dead person back to life. The woman made her appeal to the king. Gehazi said to him: »Your Majesty, here is the woman and here is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!« ⁶ She responded to the king’s question by confirming Gehazi’s story. The king called an official and told him to give back to her everything that was hers. This included the value of all the crops that her fields produced during the seven years she was away.

⁵ He found the army officers in conference. He said: »I have a message for you.« Jehu asked: »Who are you speaking to?« »To you, captain.« He replied.

³ Trust Jehovah and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful.

⁴⁰ »He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹ »Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Anyone who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. ⁴² »And whoever gives a drink of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will not lose his reward.«

³ He said, »Take nothing for your journey. Do not take a staff or food or money. Do not even take two coats. ⁴ »Stay at the house you enter until you depart. ⁵ »If someone does not receive you, when you leave the city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against that person.«

⁶ Greet Mary for she labored much to help us.

² Receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the holy ones. Assist her in whatever business she has need of from you. She has been a great help to many people including me.

¹⁸ I have all things, and prosper: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you. It is an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God. ¹⁹ My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

¹² We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you. ¹³ To esteem them very highly in love because of the work they do. And be at peace among yourselves.

⁶ Godliness with contentment is great gain. ⁷ We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing out. ⁸ We should be content with having food and covering.

¹⁶ The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ When he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of God in that day, and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous (unjust) to forget your work and the love you showed for his name. You ministered to the holy ones and continue to minister.

⁵ You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: »I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.«