2 Kings 8
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12 13 14
15 16 17
18 19 20
21 22 23
24 25
1 Then spake Elisha unto the
woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine
household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called
for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after the
saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the
land of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it came to pass at the seven years’
end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went
forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the
servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things
that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to pass, as he was telling
the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose
son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.
And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is
her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman, she
told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all
that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she
left the land, even until now.
7 And Elisha came to
Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying,
The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a
present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by
him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a
present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden,
and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath
sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto
him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he
shall surely die.
11 And he settled his countenance
stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?
And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of
Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou
slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with
child.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is
thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The
LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to
his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told
me that thou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that
he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on
his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of
Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of
Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he
began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the way of the kings
of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and
he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah
for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and
to his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under
the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the
chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed
him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their
tents.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand
of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and
all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in
his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of
Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his
mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the house
of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab:
for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab
to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded
Joram.
29 And king Joram went back to be healed
in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he
fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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