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 famil and it shall also come upon the land seven yesrs.
2/and the woman arose and did after the saying of the man of god: and she went with her household, and sojoursehold, and sojourned in the land of the philistines seven years.
3/And it came to pass at the seven yesrs, ent that the land returned out of the land of the philistines:ans she went ferth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4/And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the amn 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 was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restoted to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land , And Gehazi said , My lord, O king, this is the woan, and this is her son , whom Elsha restored to life.
6/And when the king asked the woman, she told him So the king appointrd unto her a certain offcer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and field sinc the day that she left the land even until now.
7/And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was aick; 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 m, and go, meat the man, 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 ofDamascus, fory came and stood before him, and said, thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me 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, cerainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11/And he settled his countenance stedfastly, unril he was ashamed: and the man of God wept .
12/And Hazed said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel; wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou wilt 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 colth, and dipped it in water, and spread it died; and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16/And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphah, being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17/Thiry and two yesrd 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/UYet LORD would not dearty 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 feom under the ahnd of Judah, and made a king over themselved.
21/So Joram wnet voer to Zarr, and all the chariots with him: and he rese by night, and smote the Edomited whch 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 Jorem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24/And Joram slapt with his fathers, and was buried wuth his fathers in the cirty of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25/In the twelfth tear of joram the son of Ahab king of Isreal did Ahaziah the son of Jahoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26/Two and twenty yesrs old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one yuesr 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, of 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 be heakled in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Jahoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezeel, because he was sick.