Read Through the Bible in a Year 2018 Day 115: Elisha's Death

Good afternoon, everyone!

Today I read 2 Kings 12-14.

Several things happened in today's reading, but I didn't understand all of it, so I don't feel like I can talk about most of it.

I will, however, detail a couple of the events that happened:

1. Jehoash becomes king, and declares that the Temple of the Lord will be repaired. However, the priests collected the money from the people, but did not repair the temple. Jehoash commands them not to take any more money, but to use what has been taken for the temple. They used the money to pay the laborers, but did not use it to replace the fine cups and dishes and silver that was to be in the house of the Lord.
2. Elisha dies. They buried his body, but while they were burying another man also, the Moabites attacked, and they dropped the other man into Elisha's grave. The man touched the bones of Elisha and he "revived and stood up on his feet" (2 Kings 13:21).

Now, to me, that last part means that the man came back to life after he touched Elisha's bones.

I think that some of Elisha's spiritual power from God was still on his bones. I don't fully understand it though, mostly because the verses today just skimmed over it as though it wasn't important.

It's possible that there is more detail in the Chronicles of the kings, which we'll get to later.

I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read 2 Kings 15-17.