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Then spake[H1696]Elisha[H477] unto the woman[H802], whose son[H1121] he had restored to life[H2421], saying[H559], Arise[H6965], and go[H3212] thou and thine household[H1004], and sojourn[H1481]wheresoever[H834] thou canst sojourn[H1481]: for the LORD[H3068] hath called[H7121] for a famine[H7458]; and it shall also come[H935] upon the land[H776]seven[H7651]years[H8141].
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And the woman[H802]arose[H6965], and did[H6213] after the saying[H1697] of the man[H376] of God[H430]: and she went[H3212] with her household[H1004], and sojourned[H1481] in the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430]seven[H7651]years[H8141].
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And it came to pass at the seven[H7651]years[H8141]' end[H7097], that the woman[H802]returned[H7725] out of the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430]: and she went forth[H3318] to cry[H6817] unto the king[H4428] for her house[H1004] and for her land[H7704].
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And the king[H4428]talked[H1696] with Gehazi[H1522] the servant[H5288] of the man[H376] of God[H430], saying[H559], Tell[H5608] me, I pray thee, all the great things[H1419] that Elisha[H477] hath done[H6213].
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And it came to pass, as he was telling[H5608] the king[H4428] how he had restored[H2421] a dead body[H4191] to life[H2421], that, behold, the woman[H802], whose son[H1121] he had restored[H2421] to life[H2421], cried[H6817] to the king[H4428] for her house[H1004] and for her land[H7704]. And Gehazi[H1522]said[H559], My lord[H113], O king[H4428], this is the woman[H802], and this is her son[H1121], whom Elisha[H477]restored[H2421] to life[H2421].
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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] all that was hers, and all the fruits[H8393] of the field[H7704] since the day[H3117] that she left[H5800] the land[H776], even until now.
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And Elisha[H477]came[H935] to Damascus[H1834]; and Benhadad[H1130] 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[H2008].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto Hazael[H2371], Take[H3947] a present[H4503] in thine hand[H3027], and go[H3212], meet[H7125] the man[H376] of God[H430], and enquire[H1875] of the LORD[H3068] by him, saying[H559], Shall I recover[H2421] of this disease?[H2483]
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So Hazael[H2371]went[H3212] to meet[H7125]him[H3027], and took[H3947] a present[H4503] with him[H3027], even of every good thing[H2898] of Damascus[H1834], forty[H705]camels[H1581]' burden[H4853], and came[H935] and stood[H5975]before[H6440]him[H3027], and said[H559], Thy son[H1121]Benhadad[H1130]king[H4428] of Syria[H758] hath sent[H7971] me to thee, saying[H559], Shall I recover[H2421] of this disease?[H2483]
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto him, Go[H3212], say[H559] unto him, Thou mayest certainly[H2421]recover[H2421]: howbeit the LORD[H3068] hath shewed[H7200] me that he shall surely[H4191]die[H4191].
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And he settled[H5975] his countenance[H6440]stedfastly[H7760], until he was ashamed[H954]: and the man[H376] of God[H430]wept[H1058].
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And Hazael[H2371]said[H559], Why weepeth[H1058] my lord?[H113] And he answered[H559], Because I know[H3045] the evil[H7451] that thou wilt do[H6213] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: their strong holds[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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And Hazael[H2371]said[H559], But what, is thy servant[H5650] a dog[H3611], that he should do[H6213] this great[H1419]thing?[H1697] And Elisha[H477]answered[H559], The LORD[H3068] hath shewed[H7200] me that thou shalt be king[H4428] over Syria[H758].
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So he departed[H3212] from Elisha[H477], and came[H935] to his master[H113]; who said[H559] to him, What said[H559]Elisha[H477] to thee? And he answered[H559], He told[H559] me that thou shouldest surely[H2421]recover[H2421].
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And it came to pass on the morrow[H4283], that he took[H3947] a thick cloth[H4346], and dipped[H2881] it in water[H4325], and spread[H6566] it on his face[H6440], so that he died[H4191]: and Hazael[H2371]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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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].
17Thirty[H7970] and two[H8147]years[H8141]old[H1121] was he when he began to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427]eight[H8083]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he walked[H3212] in the way[H1870] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478], as did[H6213] the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]: for the daughter[H1323] of Ahab[H256] was his wife[H802]: and he did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068].
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Yet the LORD[H3068]would[H14] not destroy[H7843]Judah[H3063] for David[H1732] his servant's sake, as he promised[H559] him to give[H5414] him alway[H3117] a light[H5216], and to his children[H1121].
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In his days[H3117]Edom[H123]revolted[H6586] from under the hand[H3027] of Judah[H3063], and made[H4427] a king[H4428] over themselves.
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So Joram[H3141] went over[H5674] to Zair[H6811], and all the chariots[H7393] with him: and he rose[H6965] by night[H3915], and smote[H5221] the Edomites[H123] which compassed him about[H5437], and the captains[H8269] of the chariots[H7393]: and the people[H5971]fled[H5127] into their tents[H168].
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Yet Edom[H123]revolted[H6586] from under the hand[H3027] of Judah[H3063] unto this day[H3117]. Then Libnah[H3841]revolted[H6586] at the same[H1931]time[H6256].
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And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Joram[H3141], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063]
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And Joram[H3141]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and was buried[H6912] with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Ahaziah[H274] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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In the twelfth[H8147]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].
26Two[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's name[H8034] was Athaliah[H6271], the daughter[H1323] of Omri[H6018]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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And he walked[H3212] 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[H6213] the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]: for he was the son in law[H2860] of the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256].
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And he went[H3212] with Joram[H3141] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256] to the war[H4421] against Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758] in Ramothgilead[H7433]; and the Syrians[H761]wounded[H5221]Joram[H3141].
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And king[H4428]Joram[H3141] went back[H7725] to be healed[H7495] in Jezreel[H3157] of the wounds[H4347] which the Syrians[H761] had given[H5221] him at Ramah[H7414], when he fought[H3898] against 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]Joram[H3141] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256] in Jezreel[H3157], because he was sick[H2470].