Graphic Bible · Scene 32 of 33

Elisha sits with elders in his house and warns them that the king’s messenger is coming; they secure the door.
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2 Kings 6:32

The Door Held

The Unseen Army and the Siege · 2 Kings 6

Story guide: Elisha sits with elders in his house and warns them that the king’s messenger is coming; they secure the door.

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32Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king had sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

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