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II Kings
Chapter 8
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Then spoke Elisha unto the woman,
whose
son he had restored to life, saying,
"Arise,
and go you and your household,
and
sojourn wheresoever you can sojourn . . .
for
Jehovah/God has 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 'Elohiym/Godhead
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 'Elohiym/Godhead, saying,
"Tell
me, I pray you,
all
the great things that Elisha has 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/'adown, 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 'Elohiym/Godhead has come here.
8
And the king said unto Hazael,
Take
a present in your hand, and go,
meet
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
inquire of Jehovah/God 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, your son Benhadad king of Syria
has
sent me to you, saying,
Shall
I recover of this disease?
10
And Elisha said unto him,
Go,
say unto him, you may certainly recover.
Howbeit
Jehovah/God has showed me
that
he shall surely die.
11
And he settled his countenance steadfastly,
until
he was ashamed
and
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead wept.
12
And Hazael said, Why do you weep my lord?
And
he answered, Because I know the evil
that
you will do unto the children of Israel.
Their
strong holds will you set on fire,
and
their young men will you slay with the sword,
and
will dash their children,
and
rip up their 'women with child'/'pregnant women'.
13
And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog,
that
he should do this great thing?
And
Elisha answered,
Jehovah/God
have showed me
that
you shall be king over Syria.
14
So he departed from Elisha,
and
came to his master; who said to him,
What
said Elisha to you?
And
he answered,
He
told me that you should 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 place/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 Jehovah/God.
19~~Yet
Jehovah/God was not willing to destroy Judah . . .
for
the sake of David His servant . . .
since
He promised him to give him
'descendents
on the throne'/'a light'
through
his sons always.
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 who 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 place/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 Jehovah/God,
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 Ramoth-Gilead;
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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