ThenspakeElishaunto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thinehousehold, and sojournwheresoeverthoucanstsojourn: for the LORDhathcalled for a famine; and it shallalsocomeupon the landsevenyears.
And the womanarose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she wentwith her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistinessevenyears.
And it came to pass at the sevenyears’ end, that the womanreturned out of the land of the Philistines: and she wentforth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a deadbody to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazisaid, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whomElisharestored to life.
And when the kingasked the woman, she told him. So the kingappointedunto her a certainofficer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the fieldsince the day that she left the land, evenuntil now.
And the kingsaiduntoHazael, Take a present in thinehand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of thisdisease?
So Hazaelwent to meet him, and took a presentwith him, even of everygoodthing of Damascus, fortycamels’burden, and came and stoodbefore him, and said, Thy son Benhadadking of Syriahathsent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of thisdisease?
And Hazaelsaid, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evilthatthouwilt do unto the children of Israel: theirstrongholdswiltthou set on fire, and theiryoung men wiltthouslaywith the sword, and wiltdashtheirchildren, and rip up theirwomenwithchild.
And Hazaelsaid, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do thisgreatthing? And Elishaanswered, The LORDhathshewed me thatthoushalt be kingoverSyria.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thickcloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazaelreigned in his stead.
And in the fifthyear of Joram the son of Ahabking of Israel, Jehoshaphatbeingthenking of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphatking of Judahbegan to reign.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
So Joramwentover to Zair, and all the chariotswith him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomiteswhichcompassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the peoplefledintotheirtents.
Two and twentyyears old was Ahaziahwhen he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’sname was Athaliah, the daughter of Omriking of Israel.
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
And kingJoramwentback to be healed in Jezreel of the woundswhich the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he foughtagainstHazaelking of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoramking of Judahwentdown to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.