A noise of chariots

Bible Reading: 2 Kings 5-8

2 Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

The Syrians had the Israelites hemmed in and there was a terrible famine in the land. Because of a lack of supplies, the inflation was astronomical. There was very little food and people were getting desperate.

The king of Israel thought it was the fault of Elisha, but Elisha said that it would all end tomorrow.

2 Kings 7:1-2 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

As the Israelites sat inside the walls of the city, the Syrians were camped outside besieging the city. Four lepers sat outside the gate and the finally decided that it would be better to go and see what was happening in the camp of the Syrians than to perish sitting outside the gate of Samaria. When they came into the camp of the Syrians, they found them all gone and the camp and all their goods abandoned.

It turns out that in the night, the Lord had made them to hear the sound of chariots and they assumed the Israelites had hired another army to come and rescue them. The truth of the matter is that God miraculously delivered Israel by causing them to hear something that wasn't there!

God can do anything. Even when it seems that there is no way, there is a way. God can make a way. Trust him!

In Christ,
Rody