Year 3 - October

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Year 3, October 1, Food for the Siege2 Kings 7:1-2

Passage

   But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.” Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

Questions

Which king of Syria was besieging Samaria? See 2 Kings 6:24

Which prophet was in Samaria?

Did the king’s captain believe what Elisha said about plenty of food?

How was he to be punished for his lack of faith?