“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.” (2 Kings 8:1-29 AV)
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