2Kings 8:29 - Prayer Tents

8Years before, Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought to life, "Leave here and go, you and your family, and live someplace else. GOD has ordered a famine in the land; it will last for seven years."H1696H477H802H1121H2421H559H6965H3212H1004H1481H834H1481H3068H7121H7458H935H776H7651H8141 2The woman did what the Holy Man told her and left. She and her family lived as aliens in the country of Philistia for seven years.H802H6965H6213H1697H376H430H3212H1004H1481H776H6430H7651H8141 3Then, when the seven years were up, the woman and her family came back. She went directly to the king and asked for her home and farm.H7651H8141H7097H802H7725H776H6430H3318H6817H4428H1004H7704 4The king was talking with Gehazi, servant to the Holy Man, saying, "Tell me some stories of the great things Elisha did."H4428H1696H1522H5288H376H430H559H5608H1419H477H6213 5It so happened that as he was telling the king the story of the dead person brought back to life, the woman whose son was brought to life showed up asking for her home and farm. Gehazi said, "My master the king, this is the woman! And this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!"H5608H4428H2421H4191H2421H802H1121H2421H6817H4428H1004H7704H1522H559H113H4428H802H1121H477H2421 6The king wanted to know all about it, and so she told him the story. The king assigned an officer to take care of her, saying, "Make sure she gets everything back that's hers, plus all profits from the farm from the time she left until now."H4428H7592H802H5608H4428H5414H259H5631H559H7725H8393H7704H3117H5800H776 7Elisha traveled to Damascus. Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, was sick at the time. He was told, "The Holy Man is in town."H477H935H1834H1130H4428H758H2470H5046H559H376H430H935H2008 8The king ordered Hazael, "Take a gift with you and go meet the Holy Man. Ask GOD through him, 'Am I going to recover from this sickness?'"H4428H559H2371H3947H4503H3027H3212H7125H376H430H1875H3068H559H2421H2483 9Hazael went and met with Elisha. He brought with him every choice thing he could think of from Damascus—forty camel-loads of items! When he arrived he stood before Elisha and said, "Your son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, sent me here to ask you, 'Am I going to recover from this sickness?'"H2371H3212H7125H3947H4503H3027H2898H1834H705H1581H4853H935H5975H6440H559H1121H1130H4428H758H7971H559H2421H2483 10Elisha answered, "Go and tell him, 'Don't worry; you'll live.' The fact is, though—GOD showed me—that he's doomed to die."H477H559H3212H559H2421H2421H3068H7200H4191H4191 11Elisha then stared hard at Hazael, reading his heart. Hazael felt exposed and dropped his eyes. Then the Holy Man wept.H5975H6440H7760H954H376H430H1058 12Hazael said, "Why does my master weep?" "Because," said Elisha, "I know what you're going to do to the children of Israel: burn down their forts, murder their youth, smash their babies, rip open their pregnant women."H2371H559H1058H113H559H3045H7451H6213H1121H3478H4013H7971H784H970H2026H2719H7376H5768H1234H2030 13Hazael said, "Am I a mongrel dog that I'd do such a horrible thing?" "GOD showed me," said Elisha, "that you'll be king of Aram."H2371H559H5650H3611H6213H1419H1697H477H559H3068H7200H4428H758 14Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked, "So, what did Elisha tell you?" "He told me, 'Don't worry; you'll live.'"H3212H477H935H113H559H559H477H559H559H2421H2421 15But the very next day, someone took a heavy quilt, soaked it in water, covered the king's face, and suffocated him. Now Hazael was king.H4283H3947H4346H2881H4325H6566H6440H4191H2371H4427

Jehoram of Judah

16In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.H2568H8141H3141H1121H256H4428H3478H3092H4428H3063H3088H1121H3092H4428H3063H4427 17He was thirty-two years old when he began his rule, and was king for eight years in Jerusalem.H7970H8147H8141H1121H4427H4427H8083H8141H3389 18He copied the way of life of the kings of Israel, marrying into the Ahab family and continuing the Ahab line of sin—from GOD's point of view, an evil man living an evil life.H3212H1870H4428H3478H6213H1004H256H1323H256H802H6213H7451H5869H3068 19But despite that, because of his servant David, GOD was not ready to destroy Judah. He had, after all, promised to keep a lamp burning through David's descendants.H3068H14H7843H3063H1732H5650H559H5414H3117H5216H1121 20During Jehoram's reign, Edom revolted against Judah's rule and set up their own king.H3117H123H6586H3027H3063H4427H4428 21Jehoram responded by taking his army of chariots to Zair. Edom surrounded him, but in the middle of the night he and his charioteers broke through the lines and hit Edom hard. But his infantry deserted him.H3141H5674H6811H7393H6965H3915H5221H123H5437H8269H7393H5971H5127H168 22Edom continues in revolt against Judah right up to the present. Even little Libnah revolted at that time.H123H6586H3027H3063H3117H3841H6586H1931H6256 23The rest of the life and times of Jehoram, the record of his rule, is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.H3499H1697H3141H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3063 24Jehoram died and was buried in the family grave in the City of David. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.H3141H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H274H1121H4427

Ahaziah of Judah

25In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began his reign.H8147H6240H8141H8141H3141H1121H256H4428H3478H274H1121H3088H4428H3063H4427 26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king; he ruled only a year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.H8147H6242H8141H1121H274H4427H4427H259H8141H3389H517H8034H6271H1323H6018H4428H3478 27He lived and ruled just like the Ahab family had done, continuing the same evil-in-GOD's-sight line of sin, related by both marriage and sin to the Ahab clan.H3212H1870H1004H256H6213H7451H5869H3068H1004H256H2860H1004H256 28He joined Joram son of Ahab king of Israel in a war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The archers wounded Joram.H3212H3141H1121H256H4421H2371H4428H758H7433H1568H761H5221H3141 29Joram pulled back to Jezreel to convalesce from the injuries he had received in the fight with Hazael. Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah paid a visit to Joram son of Ahab on his sickbed in Jezreel.H4428H3141H7725H7495H3157H4347H761H5221H7414H3898H2371H4428H758H274H1121H3088H4428H3063H3381H7200H3141H1121H256H3157H2470