The Shunammite’s Land Restored
1Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,8:1 2Kg 4:8–37 “Get ready, you and your household, and go live as a resident alien wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine,8:1 Gn 41:27,54 and it has already come to the land.”
2So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident aliens in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
6When the king asked the woman, she told him the story. So the king appointed a court official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the income from the field from the day she left the country until now.”
Aram’s King Hazael
10Elisha told him, “Go say to him, ‘You are sure to8:10 Alt Hb tradition reads You will not recover.’ But the Lord has shown me that he is sure to die.”
He replied, “Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will dash their children to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.”8:12 1Kg 19:17; 2Kg 10:32–33; 13:3
Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”8:13–15 1Kg 19:15
14Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?”
He responded, “He told me you are sure to recover.”
15The next day Hazael took a heavy cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
Judah’s King Jehoram
16In the fifth year8:16–24 2Ch 21:5–20 of Israel’s King Joram8:16 2Kg 1:17; 3:1 son of Ahab, Jehoram8:16 = The Lord is Exalted8:16 2Ch 21:1 son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah, replacing his father.8:16 Lit Judah; Jehoshaphat had been king of Judah8:16 1Kg 22:50
17He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.8:17 2Ch 21:5
20During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.8:20 1Kg 22:47; 2Kg 3:9
Judah’s King Ahaziah
25In the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram son of Ahab,8:25–29 2Ch 22:1–6 Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.8:25 2Kg 9:29
28Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against King Hazael8:28 1Kg 19:15 of Aram in Ramoth-gilead,8:28 1Kg 22:3,29 and the Arameans wounded Joram.
29So King Joram returned to Jezreel8:29 1Kg 21:1 to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead8:29 Lit Ramah when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael.8:29 2Kg 9:15 Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.
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