The Second Book of The Kings

2Ki 8:1 Then spake E-li´-sha 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.

2Ki 8:2 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 Phi-lis´-tines seven years.

2Ki 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Phi-lis´-tines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

2Ki 8:4 And the king talked with Ge-ha´zi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that E-li´-sha hath done.

2Ki 8:5 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 Ge-ha´-zi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom E-li´-sha restored to life.

2Ki 8:6 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.

2Ki 8:7 And E-li´-sha came to Damascus; and Ben–ha´-dad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

2Ki 8:8 And the king said unto Haz´-a-el, 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?

2Ki 8:9 So Haz´-a-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–ha´-dad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

2Ki 8:10 And E-li´-sha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

2Ki 8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

2Ki 8:12 And Haz´-a-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.

2Ki 8:13 And Haz´-a-el said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And E-li´-sha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

2Ki 8:14 So he departed from E-li´-sha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said E-li´-sha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

2Ki 8:15 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 Haz´-a-el reigned in his stead.

2Ki 8:16 And in the fifth year of Jo´ram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehosh´-a-phat being then king of Judah, Je-ho´-ram the son of Je-hosh´-a-phat king of Judah began to reign.

2Ki 8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

2Ki 8:18 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.

2Ki 8:19 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.

2Ki 8:20 In his days E´-dom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

2Ki 8:21 So Jo´-ram went over to Za´-ir, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the E´-domites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

2Ki 8:22 Yet E´-dom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Lib´-nah revolted at the same time.

2Ki 8:23 And the rest of the acts of Jo´ram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2Ki 8:24 And Jo´-ram 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.

2Ki 8:25 In the twelfth year of Jo´-ram the son of Ahab king of Israel did A-ha-zi´-ah the son of Je-ho´-ram king of Judah begin to reign.

2Ki 8:26 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 Om´-ri king of Israel.

2Ki 8:27 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.

2Ki 8:28 And he went with Jo´-ram the son of Ahab to the war against Haz´-ael king of Syria in Ram´-oth–gil´-e-ad; and the Syrians wounded Jo´-ram.

2Ki 8:29 And king Jo´-ram went back to be healed in Jez´-re-el of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ra´-mah, when he fought against Haz´-a-el king of Syria. And A-hazi´-ah the son of Je-ho´-ram king of Judah went down to see Jo´-ram the son of Ahab in Jez´-re-el, because he was sick.