The Second Book of Kings (WEB)
8:1 Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and
go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a
famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years. 8:2The woman arose, and did according to
the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the
Philistines seven years. 8:3It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the
land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land. 8:4Now
the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all the
great things that Elisha has done. 8:5It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to
life him who was dead, that behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the
king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is
her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 8:6When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the
king appointed to 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. 8:7Elisha came to Damascus; and
Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
8:8The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire
of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness? 8:9So 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 sickness? 8:10Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover;
however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die. 8:11He settled his gaze steadfastly on him,
until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 8:12Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? He
answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds will
you set on fire, and their young men will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their
little ones, and rip up their women with child. 8:13Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but
a dog, that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has shown me that you shall
be king over Syria. 8:14Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him,
What said Elisha to you? He answered, He told me that you would surely recover. 8:15It happened
on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that
he died: and Hazael reigned in his place. 8:16In 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. 8:17Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in
Jerusalem. 8:18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the
daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 8:19However
Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him
a lamp for his children always. 8:20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and
made a king over themselves. 8:21Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and
he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the
chariots; and the people fled to their tents. 8:22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to
this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. 8:23The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he
did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 8:24Joram slept with his
fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
place. 8:25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 8:26Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to
reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of
Omri king of Israel. 8:27He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in
the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
8:28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and
the Syrians wounded Joram. 8:29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. 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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