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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 un­til now. 7 And 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. 8 And 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? 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, Thy son Ben­hadad 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 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. 13 And 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. 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 Haz­a­el reigned in his stead. 16 And 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 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 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. 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 Ahazi­ah his son reigned in his stead. 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 Two 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. 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 Haz­a­el king of Syr­ia in Ramoth­gilead; 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 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.