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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ,
and reigned twelve years .
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And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD ;
but not like his father ,
and like his mother :
for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made .
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Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
which made Israel to sin ;
he departed not therefrom .
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And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster ,
and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs ,
and an hundred thousand rams ,
with the wool .
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But it came to pass ,
when Ahab was dead ,
that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel .
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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time ,
and numbered all Israel .
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And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ,
saying ,
The king of Moab hath rebelled against me :
wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle ?
And he said ,
I will go up :
I am as thou art ,
my people as thy people ,
and my horses as thy horses .
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And he said ,
Which way shall we go up ?
And he answered ,
The way through the wilderness of Edom .
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So the king of Israel went ,
and the king of Judah ,
and the king of Edom :
and they fetched a compass of seven days '
journey :
and there was no water for the host ,
and for the cattle that followed them .
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And the king of Israel said ,
Alas !
that the LORD hath called these three kings together ,
to deliver them into the hand of Moab !
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But Jehoshaphat said ,
Is there not here a prophet of the LORD ,
that we may enquire of the LORD by him ?
And one of the king of Israel '
s servants answered and said ,
Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat ,
which poured water on the hands of Elijah .
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And Jehoshaphat said ,
The word of the LORD is with him .
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him .
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel ,
What have I to do with thee ?
get thee to the prophets of thy father ,
and to the prophets of thy mother .
And the king of Israel said unto him ,
Nay :
for the LORD hath called these three kings together ,
to deliver them into the hand of Moab .
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And Elisha said ,
As the LORD of hosts liveth ,
before whom I stand ,
surely ,
were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah ,
I would not look toward thee ,
nor see thee .
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But now bring me a minstrel .
And it came to pass ,
when the minstrel played ,
that the hand of the LORD came upon him .
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And he said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Make this valley full of ditches .
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For thus saith the LORD ,
Ye shall not see wind ,
neither shall ye see rain ;
yet that valley shall be filled with water ,
that ye may drink ,
both ye ,
and your cattle ,
and your beasts .
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And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD :
he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand .
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And ye shall smite every fenced city ,
and every choice city ,
and shall fell every good tree ,
and stop all wells of water ,
and mar every good piece of land with stones .
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And it came to pass in the morning ,
when the meat offering was offered ,
that ,
behold ,
there came water by the way of Edom ,
and the country was filled with water .
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And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them ,
they gathered all that were able to put on armour ,
and upward ,
and stood in the border .
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And they rose up early in the morning ,
and the sun shone upon the water ,
and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood :
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And they said ,
This is blood :
the kings are surely slain ,
and they have smitten one another :
now therefore ,
Moab ,
to the spoil .
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And when they came to the camp of Israel ,
the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites ,
so that they fled before them :
but they went forward smiting the Moabites ,
even in their country .
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And they beat down the cities ,
and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone ,
and filled it ;
and they stopped all the wells of water ,
and felled all the good trees :
only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof ;
howbeit the slingers went about it ,
and smote it .
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And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him ,
he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords ,
to break through even unto the king of Edom :
but they could not .
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Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead ,
and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall .
And there was great indignation against Israel :
and they departed from him ,
and returned to their own land .
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha ,
saying ,
Thy servant my husband is dead ;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD :
and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen .
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And Elisha said unto her ,
What shall I do for thee ?
tell me ,
what hast thou in the house ?
And she said ,
Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house ,
save a pot of oil .
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Then he said ,
Go ,
borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours ,
even empty vessels ;
borrow not a few .
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And when thou art come in ,
thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons ,
and shalt pour out into all those vessels ,
and thou shalt set aside that which is full .
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So she went from him ,
and shut the door upon her and upon her sons ,
who brought the vessels to her ;
and she poured out .
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And it came to pass ,
when the vessels were full ,
that she said unto her son ,
Bring me yet a vessel .
And he said unto her ,
There is not a vessel more .
And the oil stayed .
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Then she came and told the man of God .
And he said ,
Go ,
sell the oil ,
and pay thy debt ,
and live thou and thy children of the rest .
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And it fell on a day ,
that Elisha passed to Shunem ,
where was a great woman ;
and she constrained him to eat bread .
And so it was ,
that as oft as he passed by ,
he turned in thither to eat bread .
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And she said unto her husband ,
Behold now ,
I perceive that this is an holy man of God ,
which passeth by us continually .
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Let us make a little chamber ,
I pray thee ,
on the wall ;
and let us set for him there a bed ,
and a table ,
and a stool ,
and a candlestick :
and it shall be ,
when he cometh to us ,
that he shall turn in thither .
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And it fell on a day ,
that he came thither ,
and he turned into the chamber ,
and lay there .
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And he said to Gehazi his servant ,
Call this Shunammite .
And when he had called her ,
she stood before him .
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And he said unto him ,
Say now unto her ,
Behold ,
thou hast been careful for us with all this care ;
what is to be done for thee ?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king ,
or to the captain of the host ?
And she answered ,
I dwell among mine own people .
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And he said ,
What then is to be done for her ?
And Gehazi answered ,
Verily she hath no child ,
and her husband is old .
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And he said ,
Call her .
And when he had called her ,
she stood in the door .
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And he said ,
About this season ,
according to the time of life ,
thou shalt embrace a son .
And she said ,
Nay ,
my lord ,
thou man of God ,
do not lie unto thine handmaid .
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And the woman conceived ,
and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her ,
according to the time of life .
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And when the child was grown ,
it fell on a day ,
that he went out to his father to the reapers .
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And he said unto his father ,
My head ,
my head .
And he said to a lad ,
Carry him to his mother .
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And when he had taken him ,
and brought him to his mother ,
he sat on her knees till noon ,
and then died .
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And she went up ,
and laid him on the bed of the man of God ,
and shut the door upon him ,
and went out .
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And she called unto her husband ,
and said ,
Send me ,
I pray thee ,
one of the young men ,
and one of the asses ,
that I may run to the man of God ,
and come again .
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And he said ,
Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day ?
it is neither new moon ,
nor sabbath .
And she said ,
It shall be well .
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Then she saddled an ass ,
and said to her servant ,
Drive ,
and go forward ;
slack not thy riding for me ,
except I bid thee .
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So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel .
And it came to pass ,
when the man of God saw her afar off ,
that he said to Gehazi his servant ,
Behold ,
yonder is that Shunammite :
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Run now ,
I pray thee ,
to meet her ,
and say unto her ,
Is it well with thee ?
is it well with thy husband ?
is it well with the child ?
And she answered ,
It is well .
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And when she came to the man of God to the hill ,
she caught him by the feet :
but Gehazi came near to thrust her away .
And the man of God said ,
Let her alone ;
for her soul is vexed within her :
and the LORD hath hid it from me ,
and hath not told me .
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Then she said ,
Did I desire a son of my lord ?
did I not say ,
Do not deceive me ?
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Then he said to Gehazi ,
Gird up thy loins ,
and take my staff in thine hand ,
and go thy way :
if thou meet any man ,
salute him not ;
and if any salute thee ,
answer him not again :
and lay my staff upon the face of the child .
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And the mother of the child said ,
As the LORD liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee .
And he arose ,
and followed her .
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And Gehazi passed on before them ,
and laid the staff upon the face of the child ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor hearing .
Wherefore he went again to meet him ,
and told him ,
saying ,
The child is not awaked .
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And when Elisha was come into the house ,
behold ,
the child was dead ,
and laid upon his bed .
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He went in therefore ,
and shut the door upon them twain ,
and prayed unto the LORD .
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And he went up ,
and lay upon the child ,
and put his mouth upon his mouth ,
and his eyes upon his eyes ,
and his hands upon his hands :
and he stretched himself upon the child ;
and the flesh of the child waxed warm .
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Then he returned ,
and walked in the house to and fro ;
and went up ,
and stretched himself upon him :
and the child sneezed seven times ,
and the child opened his eyes .
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And he called Gehazi ,
and said ,
Call this Shunammite .
So he called her .
And when she was come in unto him ,
he said ,
Take up thy son .
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Then she went in ,
and fell at his feet ,
and bowed herself to the ground ,
and took up her son ,
and went out .
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And Elisha came again to Gilgal :
and there was a dearth in the land ;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him :
and he said unto his servant ,
Set on the great pot ,
and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets .
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs ,
and found a wild vine ,
and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full ,
and came and shred them into the pot of pottage :
for they knew them not .
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So they poured out for the men to eat .
And it came to pass ,
as they were eating of the pottage ,
that they cried out ,
and said ,
O thou man of God ,
there is death in the pot .
And they could not eat thereof .
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But he said ,
Then bring meal .
And he cast it into the pot ;
and he said ,
Pour out for the people ,
that they may eat .
And there was no harm in the pot .
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And there came a man from Baalshalisha ,
and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits ,
twenty loaves of barley ,
and full ears of corn in the husk thereof .
And he said ,
Give unto the people ,
that they may eat .
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And his servitor said ,
What ,
should I set this before an hundred men ?
He said again ,
Give the people ,
that they may eat :
for thus saith the LORD ,
They shall eat ,
and shall leave thereof .
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So he set it before them ,
and they did eat ,
and left thereof ,
according to the word of the LORD .
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Now Naaman ,
captain of the host of the king of Syria ,
was a great man with his master ,
and honourable ,
because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria :
he was also a mighty man in valour ,
but he was a leper .
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