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2 Kings 8 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, 'Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:2 - And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, 'Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And it cometh to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and lo, the woman whose son he had revived is crying unto the king, for her house and for her field, and Gehazi saith, 'My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this her son, whom Elisha revived.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, 'Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.'

Elisha Predicts Evil from Hazael

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, 'The man of God hath come hither.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:8 - And the king saith unto Hazael, 'Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, 'Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:10 - And Elisha saith unto him, 'Go, say, Thou dost certainly not revive, seeing Jehovah hath shewed me that he doth surely die.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth it till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael saith, 'Wherefore is my lord weeping?' and he saith, 'Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel -- their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Hazael saith, 'But what, is thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?' And Elisha saith, 'Jehovah hath shewed me thee -- king of Aram.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - And he goeth from Elisha, and cometh in unto his lord, and he saith unto him, 'What said Elisha to thee?' and he saith, 'He said to me, Thou dost certainly recover.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:15 - And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that he taketh the coarse cloth, and dippeth in water, and spreadeth on his face, and he dieth, and Hazael reigneth in his stead.

Another Jehoram Reigns in Judah

(2Ch 21:1–20 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:16 - And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel -- and Jehoshaphat is king of Judah -- hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:17 - a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:20 - In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:22 - and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram in Judah

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - And Joram lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaziah his son in his stead.
(2Ch 22:1–6 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:25 - In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel reigned hath Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - a son of twenty and two years is Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Athaliah daughter of Omri king of Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - and he walketh in the way of the house of Ahab, and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for he is son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - And he goeth with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Aramaeans smite Joram,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - and Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.
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