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1. Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."
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1. Then spoke H1696 Elisha H477 unto H413 the woman H802 , whose H834 H853 son H1121 he had restored to life H2421 , saying H559 , Arise H6965 , and go H1980 thou H859 and thine household H1004 , and sojourn H1481 wheresoever H834 thou canst sojourn H1481 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 for a famine H7458 ; and it shall also H1571 come H935 upon H413 the land H776 seven H7651 years H8141 .
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2. So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
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2. And the woman H802 arose H6965 , and did H6213 after the saying H1697 of the man H376 of God H430 : and she H1931 went H1980 with her household H1004 , and sojourned H1481 in the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 seven H7651 years H8141 .
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3. After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field.
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3. And it came to pass H1961 at the seven H7651 years H8141 ' end H4480 H7097 , that the woman H802 returned H7725 out of the land H4480 H776 of the Philistines H6430 : and she went forth H3318 to cry H6817 unto H413 the king H4428 for H413 her house H1004 and for H413 her land H7704 .
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4. Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet's servant, and said, "Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done."
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4. And the king H4428 talked H1696 with H413 Gehazi H1522 the servant H5288 of the man H376 of God H430 , saying H559 , Tell H5608 me , I pray thee H4994 , H853 all H3605 the great things H1419 that H834 Elisha H477 hath done H6213 .
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5. While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said, "My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!"
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5. And it came to pass H1961 , as he H1931 was telling H5608 the king H4428 H853 how H834 he had restored a dead body to life H2421 H853 H4191 , that, behold H2009 , the woman H802 , whose H834 H853 son H1121 he had restored to life H2421 , cried H6817 to H413 the king H4428 for H5921 her house H1004 and for H5921 her land H7704 . And Gehazi H1522 said H559 , My lord H113 , O king H4428 , this H2063 is the woman H802 , and this H2088 is her son H1121 , whom H834 Elisha H477 restored to life H2421 .
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6. The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, "Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now."
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6. And when the king H4428 asked H7592 the woman H802 , she told H5608 him . So the king H4428 appointed H5414 unto her a certain H259 officer H5631 , saying H559 , Restore H7725 H853 all H3605 that H834 was hers , and all H3605 the fruits H8393 of the field H7704 since the day H4480 H3117 that she left H5800 H853 the land H776 , even until H5704 now H6258 .
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7. Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here."
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7. And Elisha H477 came H935 to Damascus H1834 ; and Ben H1130 -hadad the king H4428 of Syria H758 was sick H2470 ; and it was told H5046 him, saying H559 , The man H376 of God H430 is come H935 hither H5704 H2008 .
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8. So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the LORD. Ask him, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
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8. And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 Hazael H2371 , Take H3947 a present H4503 in thine hand H3027 , and go H1980 , meet H7122 the man H376 of God H430 , and inquire H1875 H853 of the LORD H3068 by H4480 H854 him, saying H559 , Shall I recover H2421 of this disease H4480 H2483 H2088 ?
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9. So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, "Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
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9. So Hazael H2371 went H1980 to meet H7122 him , and took H3947 a present H4503 with H3027 him , even of every H3605 good thing H2898 of Damascus H1834 , forty H705 camels H1581 ' burden H4853 , and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him , and said H559 , Thy son H1121 Ben H1130 -hadad king H4428 of Syria H758 hath sent H7971 me to H413 thee, saying H559 , Shall I recover H2421 of this disease H4480 H2483 H2088 ?
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10. Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover,' but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die."
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10. And Elisha H477 said H559 unto H413 him, Go H1980 , say H559 unto him , Thou mayest certainly recover H2421 H2421 : howbeit the LORD H3068 hath showed H7200 me that H3588 he shall surely die H4191 H4191 .
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11. Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying.
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11. And he settled H5975 H853 his countenance H6440 steadfastly H7760 , until H5704 he was ashamed H954 : and the man H376 of God H430 wept H1058 .
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12. Hazael asked, "Why are you crying, my master?" He replied, "Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women."
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12. And Hazael H2371 said H559 , Why H4069 weepeth H1058 my lord H113 ? And he answered H559 , Because H3588 I know H3045 H853 the evil H7451 that H834 thou wilt do H6213 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 : their strongholds H4013 wilt thou set H7971 on fire H784 , and their young men H970 wilt thou slay H2026 with the sword H2719 , and wilt dash H7376 their children H5768 , and rip up H1234 their women with child H2030 .
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13. Hazael said, "How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria."
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13. And Hazael H2371 said H559 , But H3588 what H4100 , is thy servant H5650 a dog H3611 , that H3588 he should do H6213 this H2088 great H1419 thing H1697 ? And Elisha H477 answered H559 , The LORD H3068 hath showed H7200 me that thou shalt be king H4428 over H5921 Syria H758 .
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14. He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" Hazael replied, "He told me you would surely recover."
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14. So he departed H1980 from H4480 H854 Elisha H477 , and came H935 to H413 his master H113 ; who said H559 to him, What H4100 said H559 Elisha H477 to thee? And he answered H559 , He told H559 me that thou shouldest surely recover H2421 H2421 .
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15. The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad's face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
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15. And it came to pass H1961 on the morrow H4480 H4283 , that he took H3947 a thick cloth H4346 , and dipped H2881 it in water H4325 , and spread H6566 it on H5921 his face H6440 , so that he died H4191 : and Hazael H2371 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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16. In the fifth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram became king over Judah.
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16. And in the fifth H2568 year H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , Jehoshaphat H3092 being then king H4428 of Judah H3063 , Jehoram H3088 the son H1121 of Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427 .
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17. He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
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17. Thirty H7970 and two H8147 years H8141 old H1121 was H1961 he when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 eight H8083 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 .
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18. He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, for he married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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18. And he walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 , as H834 did H6213 the house H1004 of Ahab H256 : for H3588 the daughter H1323 of Ahab H256 was H1961 his wife H802 : and he did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 .
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19. But the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty.
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19. Yet the LORD H3068 would H14 not H3808 destroy H7843 H853 Judah H3063 for David H1732 his servant H5650 's sake H4616 , as H834 he promised H559 him to give H5414 him always H3605 H3117 a light H5216 , and to his children H1121 .
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20. During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king.
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20. In his days H3117 Edom H123 revolted H6586 from under H4480 H8478 the hand H3027 of Judah H3063 , and made H4427 a king H4428 over H5921 themselves.
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21. Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland.
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21. So Joram H3141 went over H5674 to Zair H6811 , and all H3605 the chariots H7393 with H5973 him : and he H1931 rose H6965 by night H3915 , and smote H5221 H853 the Edomites H123 which compassed him about H5437 H413 , and the captains H8269 of the chariots H7393 : and the people H5971 fled H5127 into their tents H168 .
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22. So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
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22. Yet Edom H123 revolted H6586 from under H4480 H8478 the hand H3027 of Judah H3063 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 . Then H227 Libnah H3841 revolted H6586 at the same H1931 time H6256 .
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23. The rest of the events of Joram's reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.
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23. And the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Joram H3141 , and all H3605 that H834 he did H6213 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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24. Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
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24. And Joram H3141 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 , and was buried H6912 with H5973 his fathers H1 in the city H5892 of David H1732 : and Ahaziah H274 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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25. In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram's son Ahaziah became king over Judah.
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25. In the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel H3478 did Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 begin to reign H4427 .
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26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
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26. Two H8147 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 was Ahaziah H274 when he began to reign H4427 ; and he reigned H4427 one H259 year H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Athaliah H6271 , the daughter H1323 of Omri H6018 king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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27. He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like Ahab's dynasty, for he was related to Ahab's family.
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27. And he walked H1980 in the way H1870 of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 , and did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , as did the house H1004 of Ahab H256 : for H3588 he H1931 was the son H2860 -in-law of the house H1004 of Ahab H256 .
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28. He joined Ahab's son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.
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28. And he went H1980 with H854 Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 to the war H4421 against H5973 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Syria H758 in Ramoth H7433 -gilead ; and the Syrians H761 wounded H5221 H853 Joram H3141 .
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29. King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.
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29. And king H4428 Joram H3141 went back H7725 to be healed H7495 in Jezreel H3157 of H4480 the wounds H4347 which H834 the Syrians H761 had given H5221 him at Ramah H7414 , when he fought H3898 against H854 Hazael H2371 king H4428 of Syria H758 . And Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went down H3381 to see H7200 H853 Joram H3141 the son H1121 of Ahab H256 in Jezreel H3157 , because H3588 he H1931 was sick H2470 .
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