CHAPTER XI. 445 27. Q. Wherein did the judgment of God against Ahab appear in his death ? A. The dogs licked up his blood on that spot of ground where Naboth's blood was shed, according to the prophecy of Elijah? 1 Kings xxii. 38: and xxi. 10. 28. Q. What sort of man was Ahaziali ? A. Ahaziah the son of Ahab, who succeeded him in the kingdom, followed his wickedways ; 2 Kings xxii. 51. 29. Q. What particular crimes of Ahaziali are recorded ? A. When he was sick, he sent to enquire of Beelzebub, the God of Ekron, about his recovery ; and because Elijah reproved him for it, he sent three captains each with fifty men, to make Elijah their prisoner ; 2 Kings i. 1, 9. 30. Q. What did Elijah do on this occasion? A. He brought down fire from heaven, which consumed the two first of themwith their troops, but he spared the third upon his intre.aty, and then went down with him to kingAbaziah, and told him that . he should surely die Verses 9.d6. 31. Q. How did Elijah leave the world ? A. He was taken up to heaven in a whirlwitidby a chariot and horses of fire, and left his mantle behind him ; 2 Kings ii. 32. Q. Who succeeded Elijah in the office of a prophet? A. Elisha, who was with him when he was taken up to heaven, and had a doubleportion of the spirit of Elijah given him ; Ver- ses 9, 10, 33. Q. What were some of the chief prophecies and mi- racles of Elisha? A. 1. He smote the waters of Jordanwits Elijah's mantle, saying, " Where is the LordGod of Elijah ?" And the waters divided for him to pass over. 2. He cured the unwholesome water near Jericho, by casting salt into it. 3. He cursed some children that mocked and reproached him, and there came two she-bears out ofthe wood and tore to-pieces forty two of them. 4. He brought water in a time of drought to supply three armies, viz. those of Edom, Judah and Israel. 5. He increased the widow's pot of oil, that it was sufficient to pay lier debts, and maintain her. 6. He promised a son to the Shuna- mite woman who entertained him, who was before barren, and raised this son to life when he died. 7. He healed Naaman the Syrian of his leprosy, by bidding him wash in Jordan. 8. He pronounced the plague of leprosy on Gehazi, his own servant, for his covetousness and lying. 9. He made the iron head of anaxe float on the water, that it might be restored to its owner. 10. He discovered the king of Syria's private counsels to the king of Israel, .and smote his army with blindness. 11. He foretold vast plenty on the morrow, in the midst of a siege and famine in Samaria. 12. He foretold the deathof Benhadad the the king of Syria, and that Hazael should succeed him and treat Israel with cruelty. See the second book of Kings, from the second to the eighth chapter. F f 3
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