Elisha And The Siege of Samaria <br />2 Kings 6:24-7: 1-20 <br /><br /> The King wants to execute Elisha, when Samaria is under siege. After a lengthy siege of Samaria under Syrian King Ben-Hadad II, famine had broken out in the city—so severe that women were cannibalizing their own children. Somehow, King Jehoram of Israel blamed Elisha for this tragic state of affairs. Elisha, told the king that God would deliver those in Samaria, and provide food for them the very next day: “You will be able to buy a large sack of flour or two large sacks of barley for almost nothing”. It seemed impossible under the circumstances. The chief officer accompanying the king responded, “I don’t believe it! Even if the Lord sent a rainstorm, it couldn’t produce that much grain by tomorrow”—that wouldn't produce enough to make grain cheap during a famine. However, through a chain of miraculous events carefully directed by God, Elisha’s prophecy came true. The fleeing Syrians abandoned their supplies and fled. And the doubting officer was “accidentally” killed and therefore could not enjoy the food, just as Elisha had announced. <br /><br />Watch more Animated Bible Stories and see God’s Word come alive through faith and imagination. <br />https://conversationsofthebible.blogspot.com/ <br /><br />This presentation contains images that were used under a Creative Commons License. Click here to see the full list of images and attributions: https://link.attribute.to/cc/496683. <br /><br /> The original illustrations are the copyright of Arabs For Christ: http://www.arabsforchrist.org/ and these digitally adjusted compilations of them under the copyright of Free Bible images. http://freebibleimages.org/ <br /><br />
