“Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can. For the Lord has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for…”
2 Kings 8
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1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land."
“Now, Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, Arise and depart with your household and sojourn wherever you can. For the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”
2So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
“So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.”
“So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.”
3At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
“It came to pass, at the end of the seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.”
“At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field.”
“At the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.”
“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 to the king for her house and for her land.”
4Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done."
“Then the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”
“And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha has done.”
“Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, please relate to me the great things Elisha has done.”
5And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, "My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life."
“as he was relating to the king how he had restored the life, the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life, appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, my lord, oh king, this…”
6When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now."
“and when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her saying, restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day she left the land until now.”
“And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed a certain officer for her saying, Restore all that was her and all the proceeds of the field from that day that she left from the land until now.”
7Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, "The man of God has come here."
“Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben -Hadad, king of Syria, was sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here.”
8So the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"
“And the king said to Ahazael, Take a present in your hand, and go and meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover from this disease?”
9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"
“So Ahazael went to meet him and took a present with him of every good thing from Damascus, 40 camel loads. That's a big present. And he came and stood before him and said, Your son, Ben -Hadad, king of Syria, has sent me to you,…”
10Elisha answered, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover.' But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die."
“And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You shall certainly recover. However, the Lord has shown me that he will really die.”
11Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
“Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed. And the man of God wept.”
12"Why is my lord weeping?" asked Hazael. "Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites," Elisha replied. "You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women."
“And Hathael said, Why is it that my Lord is weeping? And he answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. Their strongholds you will set on fire and their young men you will kill with the sword and…”
13"But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?" said Hazael. And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram."
“So Hathael said, But what is your servant a dog that he should do this gross thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”
“And Hazael said, but what? Is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, the Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.”
14So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he replied, "He told me that you would surely recover."
“Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? But he answered, He told me that you would surely recover.”
15But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king's face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
“But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, that he died. And Hazael reigned in his place.”
16In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
“Now, in the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat, having been king of Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, began to reign as king of Judah.”
17Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
“He was 32 years old when he became king. And he reigned 8 years in Jerusalem.”
18And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
“And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.”
19Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
“Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for the sake of His servant David, as He promised to give him a lamp to him and his sons forever.”
20In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
“In his days, Edom revolted against Judah's authority and made a king over themselves.”
21So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
“So Joram went to Zare and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots and the troops fled to their tents.”
22So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
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23As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
“Now, 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?”
“now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?”
24And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
“So Joram rested with his father and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. Then Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place.”
25In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
“in the twelfth year of Jehoram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, did Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, begin to reign.”
“In the twelfth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.”
26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
“Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel.”
27And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
“And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for he was the son -in -law of the house of Ahab.”
“And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, 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.”
28Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
“Now he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to war against Hazael, king of Syria, at Ramoth -Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.”
“And he went with Jehoram, the son of Ahab, to the war against Hazael, the king of Syria, and Ramoth -Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Jehoram.”
29So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
“Then King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on 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,…”
“And King Jehoram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given to him when he fought against Hazael, the king of Syria. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram,…”