1Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman , whose son he had restored to life , saying , Arise , and go thou and thy household , and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn : for Jehovah hath called for a famine ; and it shall also come upon the land seven years . 2And the woman arose , and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household , and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years . 3And 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 . 4Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying , Tell me , I pray thee , all the great things that Elisha hath done . 5And it came to pass , as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead , 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 . 6And 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 .
Elisha and Hazael
7And Elisha came to Damascus ; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him , saying, The man of God is come hither . 8And the king said unto Hazael , Take a present in thy hand , and go , meet the man of God , and inquire of Jehovah by him , saying, Shall I recover of this sickness ? 9So Hazael went to meet him , and took a present with him , even of every good thing of Damascus , forty camels ’ burden , and came and stood before him , and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee , saying, Shall I recover of this sickness ? 10And Elisha said unto him , Go , say unto him , Thou shalt surely recover ; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he shall surely die . 11And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him , until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept . 12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword , and wilt dash in pieces their little ones , and rip up their women with child . 13And Hazael said , But what is thy servant , who is but a dog , that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered , Jehovah hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14Then 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 wouldest surely recover . 15And it came to pass on the morrow , that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water , and spread it on his face , so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead .
Jehoram's Reign in Judah
16And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel , Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah , Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign . 17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem . 18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel , as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah . 19Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah , for David his servant ’s sake , as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway . 20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and made a king over themselves . 21Then Joram passed over to Zair , and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night , and smote the Edomites that compassed him about , and the captains of the chariots ; and the people fled to their tents. 22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day . Then did Libnah revolt at the same time . 23And the rest of the acts of Joram , and all that he did , are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead .
Ahaziah's Reign
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign . 26Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . And his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel . 27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah , as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians wounded Joram . 29And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel 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 in Jezreel , because he was sick .