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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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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?
09 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.
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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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