1. A king moved, and a woman blessed (1-6)

The Shunammite woman saw God's power through Elisha: her son's birth and his life restored (4:8-37). She obeyed Elisha's word to leave Israel during a 7-year famine. But she left her property. Elisha's servant Gehazi told the king about Elisha's great deeds, including her story. The king was moved by God's work and ordered her property to be returned. God blessed her faith.

2. Ben-Hadad murdered (7-15)

Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, was ill. Elisha went to visit him. The king told his commander Hazael to give Elisha gifts and to inquire of God whether he would survive. Elisha said "yes," but "no." Elisha wept, foreseeing the harm Hazael would inflict on Israel as king. Then Hazael killed Ben-Hadad to become king.

3. For David's sake (16-29)

In Judah, Jehoram and Jehoshaphat co-reigned. Jehoram's wife Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab, was an evil influence on her husband and the next king, her son. .