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8Then 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.H1696H477H802H1121H2421H559H6965H3212H1004H1481H834H1481H3068H7121H7458H935H776H7651H81412And 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.H802H6965H6213H1697H376H430H3212H1004H1481H776H6430H7651H81413And 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.H7651H8141H7097H802H7725H776H6430H3318H6817H4428H1004H77044And 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.H4428H1696H1522H5288H376H430H559H5608H1419H477H62135And 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.H5608H4428H2421H4191H2421H802H1121H2421H6817H4428H1004H7704H1522H559H113H4428H802H1121H477H24216And 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. / officer: or, eunuchH4428H7592H802H5608H4428H5414H259H5631H559H7725H8393H7704H3117H5800H7767And 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.H477H935H1834H1130H4428H758H2470H5046H559H376H430H935H20088And 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?H4428H559H2371H3947H4503H3027H3212H7125H376H430H1875H3068H559H2421H24839So 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? / with…: Heb. in his handH2371H3212H7125H3947H4503H3027H2898H1834H705H1581H4853H935H5975H6440H559H1121H1130H4428H758H7971H559H2421H248310And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.H477H559H3212H559H2421H2421H3068H7200H4191H419111And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. / stedfastly: Heb. and set itH5975H6440H7760H954H376H430H105812And 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.H2371H559H1058H113H559H3045H7451H6213H1121H3478H4013H7971H784H970H2026H2719H7376H5768H1234H203013And 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.H2371H559H5650H3611H6213H1419H1697H477H559H3068H7200H4428H75814So 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.H3212H477H935H113H559H559H477H559H559H2421H242115And 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.H4283H3947H4346H2881H4325H6566H6440H4191H2371H442716And 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. / began…: Heb. reignedH2568H8141H3141H1121H256H4428H3478H3092H4428H3063H3088H1121H3092H4428H3063H442717Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.H7970H8147H8141H1121H4427H4427H8083H8141H338918And 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.H3212H1870H4428H3478H6213H1004H256H1323H256H802H6213H7451H5869H306819Yet 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. / light: Heb. candle, or, lampH3068H14H7843H3063H1732H5650H559H5414H3117H5216H112120In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.H3117H123H6586H3027H3063H4427H442821So 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.H3141H5674H6811H7393H6965H3915H5221H123H5437H8269H7393H5971H5127H16822Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.H123H6586H3027H3063H3117H3841H6586H1931H625623And 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?H3499H1697H3141H6213H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H306324And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.H3141H7901H1H6912H1H5892H1732H274H1121H442725In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.H8147H6240H8141H8141H3141H1121H256H4428H3478H274H1121H3088H4428H3063H442726Two 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. / daughter: or, granddaughterH8147H6242H8141H1121H274H4427H4427H259H8141H3389H517H8034H6271H1323H6018H4428H347827And 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.H3212H1870H1004H256H6213H7451H5869H3068H1004H256H2860H1004H25628And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.H3212H3141H1121H256H4421H2371H4428H758H7433H1568H761H5221H314129And 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. / which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded / Ramah: called Ramoth / sick: Heb. woundedH4428H3141H7725H7495H3157H4347H761H5221H7414H3898H2371H4428H758H274H1121H3088H4428H3063H3381H7200H3141H1121H256H3157H2470