[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. [2] The 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. [3] It 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. [4] Now 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. [5] It 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. [6] When 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. [7] Elisha 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] The 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? [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, Your son
Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this
sickness? [10] Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover;
however Yahweh has showed me that he shall surely die. [11] He settled his
gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
[12] Hazael 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. [13] Hazael
said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this
great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has showed me that you shall be king
over Syria. [14] Then 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. [15] It 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. [16] 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-two years
old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[18] He 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. [19] However 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. [20] In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of
Judah, and made a king over themselves. [21] Then 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. [22] So Edom revolted from under the hand of
Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. [23] The 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? [24] Joram slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son
reigned in his place. [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] Twenty-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. [27] He 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. [28] He went with Joram the
son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the
Syrians wounded Joram. [29] King 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.
