May 2026

READ: 2 Kin. 5:1–27: … that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel … yet in this thing may the LORD pardon your servant … Elisha may point the way to the LORD in Israel, where unbelief predominates. Thus the people are continually urged to repentance. But the majority does not […]

READ: 2 Kin. 4:18–44: … the woman conceived and bore a son a year later … no sign of life … he stretched himself out over him … the child sneezed seven times … “Take up your son” … Here we read a very affecting history. At an advanced age, the man and woman of

MAY 9, 2026 – OIL AND A SON READ: 2 Kin. 4:1–17: … when the vessels were full … the oil ceased … you have shown great care for us … a son … The next event concerns a widow who is in debt and can no longer provide for herself and her children. She

READ: 2 Kin. 3:1–27: So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom went to battle … no water … thus says the LORD: “Make this valley full of ditches” … the land full of water … the sun on that water … red as blood … they stopped up

READ: 2 Kin. 2:1–25: … My father, my father … Elisha, despite Elijah’s repeated urging to go on alone, wants to remain with Elijah when the LORD intends to end the ministry of the old Elijah by taking him from the earth. Elijah will depart as Enoch once did, without dying. Both pass through the

READ: 1 Kin. 22:51– 2 Kin. 1:1–18: … you shall surely die … While King Jehoshaphat of Judah, despite his serious sins (see also 2 Chr. 20:35), loves the LORD (see 2 Chr. 20:32), this is not true of Ahab’s son Ahaziah, who becomes king of Israel. Ahaziah does evil and walks in the same

READ: 1 Kin. 22:29–51; 2 Chr. 19:1–3: So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead … It is shocking that the words of the true prophet Micaiah are not followed and evidently not taken seriously. Before Jehoshaphat’s eyes, Micaiah is even led to prison. Not only Ahab

READ: 1 Kin. 22:1–28: … But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” … I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd … The LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all

READ: 1 Kin. 21:1–28: … there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the LORD … King Ahab, who has his royal palace in Samaria, often resides in his summer palace in Jezreel. There he sees a vineyard near his palace belonging to Naboth. Ahab wishes

READ: 1 Kin. 20:22–43: … your life in place of his life … Ben-Hadad consults with his servants about the cause of his defeat. He intends to attack again. He considers the LORD a god of the mountains, less effective on the plains. Therefore a great army is assembled to fight on level ground. The prophet