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* 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 ra #ab #; and it shall also come upon the land seven years . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And Elisha came to Damascus ; and Benhadad Ben-Hadad # the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him , saying , The man of God is come hither . * And the king said unto Hazael Chaza #el #, 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 ? * So Hazael went to meet him , and took a present with him , even of every good thing of Damascus , forty #arba #iym # camels burden , and came and stood before him , and said , Thy son Benhadad Ben-Hadad # king of Syria hath sent me to thee , saying , Shall I recover of this disease ? * And Elisha said unto him , Go , say unto him , Thou mayest certainly recover : howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die . * And he settled his countenance stedfastly , until he was ashamed : and the man of God wept . * And Hazael said , Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered , Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel Yisra #el #: 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Israel Yisra #el #, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah , Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign . * Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . * And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel Yisra #el #, as did the house of Ahab #Ach #ab #: for the daughter of Ahab #Ach #ab # was his wife : and he did evil in the sight of the LORD . * Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servants sake , as he promised him to give him alway a light , and to his children . * In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and made a king over themselves . * So Joram went over to Zair Tsa #iyr #, 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 . * Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day . Then Libnah revolted at the same time . * And the rest of the acts of Joram , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles dabar # of the kings of Judah ? * 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 . * In the twelfth sh @nayim # #H8141year of Joram the son of Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign . * Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . And his mothers name was Athaliah , the daughter of Omri king of Israel Yisra #el #. * And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab #Ach #ab #, and did evil in the sight of the LORD , as did the house of Ahab #Ach #ab #: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab #Ach #ab #. * And he went with Joram the son of Ahab #Ach #ab # to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead Ramowth # Gil #ad #; and the Syrians wounded Joram . * And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel Yizr @#e #l # 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 #Ach #ab # in Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #, because he was sick .

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