Bible Handbook

Location and Finance of the School

• 1 Samuel 19:19, 20. The first school was in Ramah with Samuel as the leading teacher. BHB 146.7

• 1 Samuel 7:1, 2. Kirjath-jearim is thought to be the seat of an important school, as the ark remained there twenty years. Education, 46; Patriarchs and Prophets, 593. BHB 146.8

• 2 Kings 2:3. One school was established in Bethel, no doubt to counteract the worship of the calf that Jeroboam placed in that city. BHB 146.9

• 2 Kings 2:5. Jericho was the seat of another school. BHB 146.10

• 2 Kings 4:38, 43. A school of one hundred students was situated at Gilgal. BHB 146.11

• 2 Kings 6:1-7. Wickedness increased and the last school of the prophets mentioned was removed from the cities and placed in the woods on the banks of the Jordan, where the students would be brought in touch with the elevating scenes of nature rather than the vices of cities. BHB 146.12

• 2 Kings 6:1-4. The houses were built was student labor. BHB 147.1

• 2 Kings 6:5. Their finances were so low they borrowed tools. BHB 147.2

• 2 Kings 6:6, 7. A miracle restored the borrowed ax. Prophets and Kings, 260, 261. BHB 147.3

• 2 Kings 4:42. Food donated by the people. BHB 147.4

• 2 Kings 4:43, 44. When the amount of food was not sufficient, the Lord increased it by a miracle. Prophets and Kings, 241, 242. BHB 147.5

• 2 Kings 4:38, 39. When they lacked food, instead of complaining or begging, the students gathered wild food. BHB 147.6

• 2 Kings 4:40, 41. By mistake they gathered poison. The Lord cooperated with them in their efforts to sustain themselves and removed the poison from the food. Prophets and Kings, 240, 241. BHB 147.7

• 2 Kings 4:1-7. One of the students with a family became in debt, and the Lord performed a miracle to pay the debt. BHB 147.8