2 Kings 8 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

8 Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,(A) “Get ready, you and your household, and go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine,(B) and it has already come to the land.”

2 So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as foreigners in the land of the Philistines for seven years. 3 When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years,(C) she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.(D)

4 The king had been speaking to Gehazi,(E) the attendant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things Elisha has done.”

5 While he was telling the king how Elisha restored the dead son to life, the woman whose son he had restored to life came to appeal to the king for her house and field. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”(F)

6 When the king asked the woman, she told him the story. So the king appointed a court official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the income from the field from the day she left the country until now.”

Aram’s King Hazael

7 Elisha came to Damascus(G) while Ben-hadad(H) king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God(I) has come here.” 8 So the king said to Hazael,(J) “Take a gift(K) with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”(L)

9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: 40 camel-loads of all kinds of goods from Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son,(M) Ben-hadad king of Aram, has sent me to ask you, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

10 Elisha told him, “Go say to him, ‘You are sure to[a] recover.’ But the Lord has shown me that he is sure to die.” 11 Then Elisha stared steadily at him until Hazael was ashamed.(N)

The man of God wept,(O) 12 and Hazael asked, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He replied, “Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will dash their little ones to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.”(P)

13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog,(Q) do this monstrous thing?”

Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”(R)

14 Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?”

He responded, “He told me you are sure to recover.” 15 The next day Hazael took a heavy cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned instead of him.

Judah’s King Jehoram

16 In the fifth year(S) of Israel’s King Joram(T) son of Ahab, Jehoram[b](U) son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah, replacing his father.[c](V) 17 He was 32 years old when he became king and reigned eight years in Jerusalem.(W) 18 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.(X) 19 The Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah because of His servant David, since He had promised to give a lamp(Y) to David and his sons forever.(Z)

20 During Jehoram’s reign, Edom rebelled against Judah’s control and appointed their own king.(AA) 21 So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. Then at night he set out to attack the Edomites who had surrounded him and the chariot commanders, but his troops fled to their tents.(AB) 22 So Edom is still in rebellion against Judah’s control today. Libnah(AC) also rebelled at that time.

23 The rest of the events of Jehoram’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.(AD) 24 Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.(AE)

Judah’s King Ahaziah

25 In the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram son of Ahab,(AF) Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.(AG) 26 Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king and reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter of Israel’s King Omri.(AH) 27 He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab,(AI) for he was a son-in-law to Ahab’s family.

28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael(AJ) king of Aram in Ramoth-gilead,(AK) and the Arameans wounded Joram. 29 So King Joram returned to Jezreel(AL) to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead[d] when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael.(AM) Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:10 Alt Hb tradition reads You will not
  2. 2 Kings 8:16 = The Lord is Exalted
  3. 2 Kings 8:16 Lit Judah; Jehoshaphat had been king of Judah
  4. 2 Kings 8:29 Lit Ramah

Cross references

  1. 8:1 : 2Kg 4:8-37
  2. 8:1 : Gn 41:27, 54
  3. 8:3 : 2Kg 7:1-2
  4. 8:3 : Dt 15:1-6
  5. 8:4 : 2Kg 4:12; 5:20-27
  6. 8:5 : 2Kg 4:35
  7. 8:7 : 1Kg 11:24
  8. 8:7 : 2Kg 6:24
  9. 8:7 : 2Kg 5:20
  10. 8:8 : 1Kg 19:15, 17
  11. 8:8 : 1Kg 14:3
  12. 8:8 : 2Kg 1:2
  13. 8:9 : 2Kg 5:13
  14. 8:11 : Jdg 3:25; 2Kg 2:17
  15. 8:11 : Lk 19:41
  16. 8:12 : 1Kg 19:17; 2Kg 10:32-33; 13:3
  17. 8:13 : 2Sm 9:8
  18. 8:13-15 : 1Kg 19:15
  19. 8:16-24 : 2Ch 21:5-20
  20. 8:16 : 2Kg 1:17; 3:1
  21. 8:16 : 2Ch 21:1
  22. 8:16 : 1Kg 22:50
  23. 8:17 : 2Ch 21:5
  24. 8:18 : 2Ch 21:6
  25. 8:19 : 1Kg 11:36; 15:4
  26. 8:19 : 2Ch 21:7
  27. 8:20 : 1Kg 22:47; 2Kg 3:9
  28. 8:21 : 2Sm 18:17; 19:8
  29. 8:22 : Jos 21:13; 2Kg 19:8
  30. 8:23 : 1Kg 22:39; 2Kg 1:18
  31. 8:24 : 1Kg 22:40; 2Kg 1:17
  32. 8:25-29 : 2Ch 22:1-6
  33. 8:25 : 2Kg 9:29
  34. 8:26 : 1Kg 16:23; 2Ch 22:2
  35. 8:27 : 2Ch 22:3
  36. 8:28 : 1Kg 19:15
  37. 8:28 : 1Kg 22:3, 29
  38. 8:29 : 1Kg 21:1
  39. 8:29 : 2Kg 9:15

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