Dual Panel1Now Elisha <0477> advised <01696> the woman <0802> whose <0834> son <01121> he had brought back to life <02421>, “You <0859> and your family <01004> should go <01980> and live <01481> somewhere <0834> else for a while, for <03588> the Lord <03068> has decreed <07121> that a famine <07458> will overtake <0935> the land <0776> for <0413> seven <07651> years <08141>.”
2So the woman <0802> did <06213> as the prophet <0430> <0376> said <01697>. She and her <01931> family <01004> went <01980> and lived <01481> in the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> for seven <07651> years <08141>.
3After <07097> seven <07651> years <08141> the woman <0802> returned <07725> from the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> and went <03318> to ask <06817> the king <04428> to give <06817> her back <06817> her house <01004> and field <07704>.
4Now the king <04428> was talking <01696> to <0413> Gehazi <01522>, the prophet’s <0430> <0376> servant <05288>, and said <0559>, “Tell <05608> me all <03605> the great <01419> things which <0834> Elisha <0477> has done <06213>.”
5While Gehazi <01931> was <01961> telling <05608> the king <04428> how <0834> Elisha had brought <02421> the dead <04191> back to life <02421>, the woman <0802> whose <0834> son <01121> he had brought back to life <02421> came to ask <06817> the king <04428> for <05921> her house <01004> and field <07704>. Gehazi <01522> said <0559>, “My master <0113>, O king <04428>, this <02063> is the very woman <0802> and this <02088> is her son <01121> whom <0834> Elisha <0477> brought back to life <02421>!”
6The king <04428> asked <07592> the woman <0802> about it, and she gave <05608> him the details <05608>. The king <04428> assigned <05414> a <0259> eunuch <05631> to take care of her request and ordered <0559> him, “Give <07725> her back <07725> everything <03605> she owns, as well as the amount <03605> of crops <08393> her field <07704> produced from the day <03117> she left <05800> the land <0776> until <05704> now <06258>.”
7Elisha <0477> traveled <0935> to Damascus <01834> while King <04428> Ben Hadad <01130> of Syria <0758> was sick <02470>. The king was told <05046>, “The prophet <0430> <0376> has come <0935> here <02008> <05704>.”
8So the king <04428> told <0559> Hazael <02371>, “Take <03947> a gift <04503> and go <01980> visit <07125> the prophet <0430> <0376>. Request <01875> from him an oracle from <0854> the Lord <03069>. Ask <0559> him, ‘Will I recover <02421> from this <02088> sickness <02483>?’”
9So Hazael <02371> went <01980> to visit <07125> Elisha. He took <03947> along a gift <04503>, as well as forty <0705> camel <01581> loads <04853> of all <03605> the fine things <02898> of Damascus <01834>. When he arrived <0935>, he stood <05975> before <06440> him and said <0559>, “Your son <01121>, King <04428> Ben Hadad <01130> of Syria <0758>, has sent <07971> me to <0413> you with this question <0559>, ‘Will I recover <02421> from this <02088> sickness <02483>?’”
10Elisha <0477> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Go <01980> and tell <0559> him, ‘You will surely recover <02421> <02421>,’ but the Lord <03068> has revealed <07200> to me that <03588> he will surely die <04191> <04191>.”
11Elisha just stared <05975> at <06440> him until <05704> Hazael became uncomfortable <0954>. Then the prophet <0430> <0376> started crying <01058>.
12Hazael <02371> asked <0559>, “Why <04069> are you crying <01058>, my master <0113>?” He replied <0559>, “Because <03588> I know <03045> the trouble <07451> you will cause <06213> the Israelites <03478> <01121>. You will set <07971> fire <0784> to their fortresses <04013>, kill <02026> their young men <0970> with the sword <02719>, smash <07376> their children <05768> to bits <07376>, and rip open <01234> their pregnant women <02030>.”
13Hazael <02371> said <0559>, “How <04100> could your servant <05650>, who <03588> is as insignificant as a dog <03611>, accomplish <06213> this <02088> great <01419> military victory <01697>?” Elisha <0477> answered <0559>, “The Lord <03068> has revealed <07200> to <0854> me that you will be the king <04428> of <05921> Syria <0758>.”
14He left <01980> Elisha <0477> and went <0935> to his master <0113>. Ben Hadad asked <0559> him, “What <04100> did Elisha <0477> tell <0559> you?” Hazael replied <0559>, “He told <0559> me you would surely <02421> recover <02421>.”
15The next day <04283> Hazael took <03947> a piece of cloth <04346>, dipped <02881> it in water <04325>, and spread <06566> it over <05921> Ben Hadad’s face <06440> until he died <04191>. Then Hazael <02371> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
16In the fifth <02568> year <08141> of the reign <04428> of Israel’s <03478> King <04428> Joram <03141>, son <01121> of Ahab <0256>, Jehoshaphat’s <03092> son <01121> Jehoram <03088> became king over <04427> Judah <03063>.
17He was thirty-two <08147> <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427> <01961> and he reigned <04427> for eight <08083> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>.
18He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>, just as <0834> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> had done <06213>, for <03588> he married <0802> <01961> Ahab’s <0256> daughter <01323>. He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>.
19But the Lord <03068> was unwilling <014> <03808> to destroy <07843> Judah <03063>. He preserved Judah <03063> for the sake <04616> of his servant <05650> David <01732> to whom <0834> he had promised <0559> a perpetual <03117> <03605> dynasty <05216>.
20During <03117> his reign Edom <0123> freed <06586> themselves from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> and set up <04427> their own king <04428>.
21Joram <03141> crossed over <05674> to Zair <06811> with <05973> all <03605> his chariots <07393>. The Edomites <0123>, who <01931> had surrounded <05437> him, attacked <06965> at night <03915> and defeated <05221> him and his chariot <07393> officers <08269>. The Israelite army <05971> retreated <05127> to their homeland <0168>.
22So Edom <0123> has remained free <06586> from <08478> Judah’s <03063> control <03027> to <05704> this very day <03117>. At that same time <06256> Libnah <03841> also <06586> rebelled.
23The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Joram’s <03141> reign, including <0834> a record <03605> of his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
24Joram <03141> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
25In the twelfth <06240> year <08141> <08141> of the reign <04427> of Israel’s <03478> King <04428> Joram <03141>, son <01121> of Ahab <0256>, Jehoram’s <03088> son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> became king <04428> over Judah <03063>.
26Ahaziah <0274> was twenty-two <08147> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427> and he reigned <04427> for one <0259> year <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was <08034> Athaliah <06271>, the granddaughter <01323> of King <04428> Omri <06018> of Israel <03478>.
27He followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> and did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, like Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004>, for <03588> he <01931> was related <02860> to Ahab’s <0256> family <01004>.
28He joined <0854> <01980> Ahab’s <0256> son <01121> Joram <03141> in a battle <04421> against <05973> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> at Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> in which the Syrians <0761> defeated <05221> Joram <03141>.
29King <04428> Joram <03141> returned <07725> to Jezreel <03157> to recover <07495> from <04480> the wounds <04347> he received <05221> from the Syrians <0761> in Ramah <07414> when he fought <03898> against <0854> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> son <01121> of Jehoram <03088> of Judah <03063> went down <03381> to visit <07200> Joram <03141> son <01121> of Ahab <0256> in Jezreel <03157>, for <03588> he <01931> was ill <02470>.