2 Kings
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
8:8 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?
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?
8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the
man of God wept.
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.
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 shewed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria.
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.
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.
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 Je hoshaphat
king of Judah began to reign.
8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
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.
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.
8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king
over themselves.
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.
8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
