“ Open the east window,” Elisha said. So he did.“ Shoot!” Elisha said. So he shot.“ That’s the Lord’ s arrow!” Elisha announced.“ It means you will win the battle over Aram! You will completely destroy the men of Aram at Aphek.”

说：“你开朝东的窗户。”他就开了。以利沙说：“射箭吧！”他就射箭。以利沙说：“这是耶和华的得胜箭，就是战胜亚兰人的箭；因为你必在亚弗攻打亚兰人，直到灭尽他们。”

说：“打开朝东的窗户。”他就打开。以利沙说：“射箭！”他就射箭。以利沙说：“这是耶和华得胜的箭，是战胜亚兰人的箭，因为你必在亚弗攻打亚兰人，直到灭尽他们。”

说：“打开朝东的窗户。”他就打开。以利沙说：“射箭！”他就射箭。以利沙说：“这是耶和华得胜的箭，是战胜亚兰人的箭，因为你必在亚弗攻打亚兰人，直到灭尽他们。”

说：“打开朝东的窗户。”王便打开窗户。以利沙说：“射箭！”王便射箭。以利沙说：“这是耶和华的得胜之箭，是战胜亚兰人的箭。你会在亚弗彻底消灭亚兰人。”

他说：“打开向东的窗户。”他就打开了。以利沙说：“放箭吧！”他就放箭。以利沙说：“这是耶和华胜利的箭，耶和华得胜亚兰人的箭。你要在亚弗击杀亚兰人，直到完全灭绝。”

說：「你開朝東的窗戶。」他就開了。以利沙說：「射箭吧！」他就射箭。以利沙說：「這是耶和華的得勝箭，就是戰勝亞蘭人的箭；因為你必在亞弗攻打亞蘭人，直到滅盡他們。」

說：「打開朝東的窗戶。」他就打開。以利沙說：「射箭！」他就射箭。以利沙說：「這是耶和華得勝的箭，是戰勝亞蘭人的箭，因為你必在亞弗攻打亞蘭人，直到滅盡他們。」

說：「打開朝東的窗戶。」他就打開。以利沙說：「射箭！」他就射箭。以利沙說：「這是耶和華得勝的箭，是戰勝亞蘭人的箭，因為你必在亞弗攻打亞蘭人，直到滅盡他們。」

說：「打開朝東的窗戶。」王便打開窗戶。以利沙說：「射箭！」王便射箭。以利沙說：「這是耶和華的得勝之箭，是戰勝亞蘭人的箭。你會在亞弗徹底消滅亞蘭人。」

他說：“打開向東的窗戶。”他就打開了。以利沙說：“放箭吧！”他就放箭。以利沙說：“這是耶和華勝利的箭，耶和華得勝亞蘭人的箭。你要在亞弗擊殺亞蘭人，直到完全滅絕。”

說：『你開朝東的窗戶』；他就開了；以利沙說：『射箭』；他就射箭。以利沙說：『這是永恆主戰勝的箭，戰勝亞蘭人的箭；你必在亞弗擊敗亞蘭人，直到將他們盡都滅掉。』

曰、啟東牖、遂啟之、以利沙曰、射、遂射、以利沙曰、是耶和華獲勝之矢、即勝亞蘭之矢、蓋爾必在亞弗、擊亞蘭人、至於盡滅、

曰、盍啟東牗。遂啟之。以利沙曰、射。則射。曰、斯矢也、耶和華用之、救民於亞蘭人手、蓋爾在亞弗必敗亞蘭人、迨殲滅而後已。

曰、啟東窗、遂啟之、以利沙曰、射、遂射、以利沙曰、是乃主獲勝之矢、即勝亞蘭人之矢、蓋爾在亞弗、必擊敗亞蘭人、至於翦滅之、

“ Open the east window,” he said, and he opened it.“ Shoot!” Elisha said, and he shot.“ The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declared.“ You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”

And he said,“ Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said,“ Shoot,” and he shot. And he said,“ The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”

Then he commanded,“ Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said,“ Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaimed,“ This is the Lord’s arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.”

Elisha said,“ Open the east window.” So he opened it. Elisha said,“ Shoot!” So he shot. Then Elisha said,“ The LORD’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

And he said,“ Open the window toward the east,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said,“ Shoot!” So he shot. And he said,“ The Lord’s arrow of victory, and the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

And he said,“ Open the east window”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said,“ Shoot”; and he shot. And he said,“ The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them.”

And he said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

Elisha said,“ Open the east window.” So he opened it. Elisha said,“ Shoot!” So he shot. Then Elisha said,“ The Lord’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened[ it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed[ them].

Elisha said,“ Open the east window,” and he did so. Elisha said,“ Shoot!” and he did so. Elisha said,“ This arrow symbolizes the victory the LORD will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!”

He said,“ Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said,“ Shoot!” and he shot. He said,“ Yahweh’s arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you will strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.”

The next spring Ben- Hadad brought together the men of Aram. They went up to the city of Aphek to fight against Israel.

His mother said to the servants,“ Do what he tells you.”Six stone water jars stood nearby. The Jews used water from that kind of jar for special washings. They did that to make themselves pure and“ clean.” Each jar could hold 20 to 30 gallons.Jesus said to the servants,“ Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the top.Then he told them,“ Now dip some out. Take it to the person in charge of the dinner.” They did what he said.

Elisha sent a messenger out to him. The messenger said,“ Go! Wash yourself in the Jordan River seven times. Then your skin will be healed. You will be pure and‘ clean’ again.”But Naaman went away angry. He said,“ I was sure Elisha would come out to me. I thought he would stand there and pray to the Lord his God. I thought he would wave his hand over my skin. Then I would be healed.And what about the Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus? Aren’t they better than all the rivers of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in the rivers of Damascus and be made pure and‘ clean’?” So he turned and went away. He was very angry.Naaman’s servants went over to him. They said,“ You are like a father to us. What if Elisha the prophet had told you to do some great thing? Wouldn’t you have done it? But he only said,‘ Wash yourself. Then you will be pure and“ clean.” ’ You should be even more willing to do that!”So Naaman went down to the Jordan River. He dipped himself in it seven times. He did exactly what the man of God had told him to do. Then his skin was made pure again. It became“ clean” like the skin of a young boy.

During that night the Lord said to Gideon,“ Get up. Go down against the camp. I am going to hand it over to you.But what if you are afraid to attack? Then go down to the camp with your servant Purah.Listen to what they are saying. After that, you will not be afraid to attack the camp.” So Gideon and his servant Purah went down to the edge of the camp.The Midianites had set up their camp in the valley. So had the Amalekites and all the other tribes from the east. There were so many of them that they looked like huge numbers of locusts. Like the grains of sand on the seashore, their camels couldn’t be counted.Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend about his dream.“ I had a dream,” he was saying.“ A round loaf of barley bread came rolling into the camp of Midian. It hit a tent with great force. The tent turned over and fell down flat.”His friend replied,“ That can only be the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash. Gideon is from Israel. God has handed the Midianites over to him. He has given him the whole camp.”Gideon heard the man explain what the dream meant. Then Gideon bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel. He called out,“ Get up! The Lord has handed the Midianites over to you.”Gideon separated the 300 men into three fighting groups. He put a trumpet and an empty jar into the hands of each man. And he put a torch inside each jar.“ Watch me,” he told them.“ Do what I do. I’ll go to the edge of the enemy camp. Then do exactly as I do.I and everyone with me will blow our trumpets. Then blow your trumpets from your positions all around the camp. And shout the battle cry,‘ For the Lord and for Gideon!’ ”Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the enemy camp. It was about ten o’clock at night. It was just after the guard had been changed. Gideon and his men blew their trumpets. They broke the jars that were in their hands.The three fighting groups blew their trumpets. They smashed their jars. They held their torches in their left hands. They held in their right hands the trumpets they were going to blow. Then they shouted the battle cry,“ A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

And Samuel gave those messages to all the Israelites. The Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer. The Philistines camped at Aphek.

But take this walking stick in your hand. You will be able to do signs with it.”

“ Take away the stone,” he said.“ But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man,“ by this time there is a bad smell. Lazarus has been in the tomb for four days.”Then Jesus said,“ Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God’s glory?”So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up. He said,“ Father, I thank you for hearing me.

Listen for the sound of marching in the tops of the trees. Then move quickly. The sound will mean that I have gone out in front of you. I will strike down the Philistine army.”

The Lord said to him,“ What do you have in your hand?”“ A walking stick,” he said.