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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 God is come hither.
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?
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?
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.
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.
