Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second
Kings: Chapter 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.
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 unto now.
7. And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad 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 Ha-za-el, Take a present in thine hand, and
go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I
recover of this disease?
9. So Ha-za-el 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 Ben-hadad 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 Ha-za-el 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 Ha-za-el 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 Ha-za-el
reigned in his stead.
16. And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Je-hosh-a-phat being then king of Judah, Je-hor-am 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 Za-ir, 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 A-ha-zi-ah his son reigned in his stead.
25. In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did
A-ha-zi-ah the son of Je-hor-am king of Judah begin to reign.
26. Two and twenty years old was A-ha-zi-ah when he began to reign; and
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Ath-a-li-ah, 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 Ha-za-el
king of Syria in Ramoth-gil-e-ad; 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 Ha-za-el king
of Syria. And A-ha-zi-ah the son of Je-hor-am king of Judah went
down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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