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| | The Successful Resolve | Come humble sinner, in whose breast | | | | English | Edmund Jones | | 8.6.8.6 | 2 Kings 7:3-5This hymn echoes the lepers' desperate resolve in 2 Kings 7:4 to risk approaching certain death, trusting that mercy might be found. | | | | | | | | | | | | 738 | 1 | 100814 | 2 |
| | Pleading His Gracious Name | Approach, my soul, the mercy seat | | | | English | John Newton | | 8.6.8.6 | 2 Kings 7:3-5This hymn reflects the lepers' desperate approach to find relief and provision, trusting in God's mercy despite their dire circumstances. | | | | | | | | | | | | 630 | 1 | 85595 | 1 |
| | Turn Ye | O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die (Hopkins) | | | | English | Josiah Hopkins | | | 2 Kings 7:3This hymn echoes the lepers' urgent call in 2 Kings 7 to share the good news of God's provision and deliverance with those who are perishing. | | | | | | | | | | | | 403 | 1 | 191423 | 1 |
| | Faith in Christ For Pardon and Sanctification | How sad our state by nature is! | | | | English | Isaac Watts | | 8.6.8.6 | 2 Kings 7:3This hymn echoes the lepers' discovery of undeserved abundance in 2 Kings 7, calling desperate sinners to receive God's freely offered grace. | | | | | | | | | | | | 294 | 1 | 37639 | 1 |
| | Weary of Earth | Weary of earth, and laden with my sin | | | | English | S. J. Stone | | 10.10.10.10 | 2 Kings 7:3This hymn echoes the lepers' discovery in 2 Kings 7 that abundant provision awaits those who respond to God's invitation despite feeling unworthy. | | | | | | | | | | | | 226 | 1 | 248179 | 1 |
| | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | I looked over Jordan, and what did I see | Swing low, sweet chariot | | | English | | Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for ... | | 2 Kings 7This hymn's imagery of heavenly chariots carrying believers home echoes Elijah's chariot ascension in 2 Kings 2, not 2 Kings 7. | African-American spiritual | | Singing God's Story New Creation; African-American | | SWING LOW |    | | | 1 | 1 | | 109 | 0 | 7906 | 1 |
| | The Old-Time Fire | O for that flame of living fire | Send the old-time fire upon us, Lord | | | English | William Hiley Bathurst | | 8.8.8.8 | 2 Kings 7:4This hymn mourns spiritual unfaithfulness, echoing the desperation and need for divine intervention seen in 2 Kings 7's siege. | | | | | | | | | | | | 98 | 1 | 181154 | 1 |
| | Do We Well? | To the Syrian camp at twilight | ’Tis the day of full salvation | | | | Clara M. Brooks | To the Syrian camp at twilight, Hungry, ... | 8.7.8.7 D with refrain | 2 Kings 7:3-9This hymn directly retells the story of the four lepers who discovered the abandoned Syrian camp and felt compelled to share the good news of salvation with others. | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Do_We_Well); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (451); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (587) | | Examination | | [To the Syrian camp at twilight] |  | | | | 1 | | 4 | 0 | 64965 | 1 |
| | Good News | Four men at the gate of the city said, "Why sit we here 'til we die? | Good news, good news! Go spread it to ev'ry land | | | English | Kevin W. Presley | | | 2 Kings 7:9This hymn retells the story of the four lepers who discovered God's deliverance and shared the good news with the starving city. | | | | | [Four men at the gate of the city said, "Why sit we here 'til we die?] | | | | | | | 1 | 0 | 1779316 | 1 |
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