Jensens survey of the old testament adam 119
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1 Kings. Both were God’s spokesmen to the
Northern Kingdom of Israel. Interesting
comparisons may be made of these two
representatives of God. Elijah is noted for
great public acts, and Elisha is known for the
large number of miracles he performed,
many of them for individual needs. Elijah’s
ministry emphasized God’s Law, judgment,
and severity. Elisha supplemented this by
demonstrating God’s grace, love, and
tenderness. Elijah was like John the Baptist,
thundering the message of repentance for
sin. Elisha followed this up by going about,
as Christ did, doing deeds of kindness and
miracles attesting that the words of the
prophets were from God.
The religious climate in the Northern
Kingdom of Israel during Elisha’s ministry
was very bad. Never since the kingdom was
formed under Jeroboam had the people of
these ten tribes availed themselves of the
Temple worship at Jerusalem. Neither had
they had the ministry of the priests and
Levites, because these servants of God,
together with many devout worshipers of
God, had
ed into Judah under the
persecution of Jeroboam (see 2 Chron
11:13-16).
However, the schools of the “sons of the
prophets” were evidently a power for
righteousness in Israel. These schools of the
prophets were colleges for instruction in the
Law of God, and no doubt the prophets
taught the people what they themselves had
learned. A prophet is a spokesman for God,
not only a foreteller of future events but also
a forthteller of the truth. The prophets
performed somewhat the same services for
the Northern Kingdom which the priests did
for the Southern Kingdom.
Elisha was the acknowledged head of the
prophetic body, and he journeyed up and
down throughout the land, making frequent
visits to each of these schools. It was, while
he was engaged in these duties that many of
his miracles were performed. In fact, one of
his miracles was performed for the benefit of
one of the sons of the prophets (6:1-7).
Make a list of all of Elisha’s miracles
recorded in 1:1—8:15.
(17:1-41)
Hoshea was the last ruler of the Northern
Kingdom, and at the close of his short reign,
Samaria, the capital of Israel, fell, and the
ten tribes were carried away into captivity
by the Assyrians. See Map N, “Israel and
Judah in Exile.” The immediate cause which
brought on the kingdom’s overthrow was
Hoshea’s conspiracy against the king of
Assyria, to whom he had become a vassal
some time earlier. The underlying cause of
B. FALL OF SAMARIA
Israel’s overthrow was their persistent sin of
rejection of God. Study carefully God’s
arraignment of His apostate people,
recorded in 17:7-23.
(18:1—20:21)
After the fall and captivity of Israel, the
C. HEZEKIAH
