2KI-8:1 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.

2KI-8:2 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.

2KI-8:3 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.

2KI-8:4 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.

2KI-8:5 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.

2KI-8:6 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.

2KI-8:7 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.

2KI-8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine

hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by

him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2KI-8:9 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?

2KI-8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest

certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall

surely die.

2KI-8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was

ashamed: and the man of God wept.

2KI-8:12 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.

2KI-8:13 And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant a dog, that

he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD

hath showed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

2KI-8:14 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.

2KI-8:15 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.

2KI-8:16 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.

2KI-8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign;

and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2KI-8:18 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.

2KI-8:19 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.

2KI-8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,

and made a king over themselves.

2KI-8:21 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.

2KI-8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto

this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

2KI-8:23 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?

2KI-8:24 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.

2KI-8:25 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.

2KI-8:26 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.

2KI-8:27 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.

2KI-8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war

against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians

wounded Joram.

2KI-8:29 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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