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But Gehazi, the servant of
Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath
spared Naaman this
Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him,
and take somewhat of him.
Gehazi, the servant of
Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has
spared this
Aramean,
Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him
and get something from him.”
So Gehazi followed after
Naaman.
And when
Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the
chariot to meet him,
and said, Is all well?
So Gehazi pursued
Naaman.
And when
Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the
chariot to meet him
and asked, “Is everything all right?”
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents.
And he urged him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments,
and laid them upon two of his servants;
and they bare them before him.
But
Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.”
And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he
tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing
and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them
ahead of Gehazi.
And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
But he went in,
and stood before his master.
And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi?
And he said, Thy servant went no
whither.
When Gehazi went in
and stood before his master,
Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go
anywhere,” he replied.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his
chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money,
and to receive garments,
and oliveyards,
and vineyards,
and sheep,
and oxen,
and menservants,
and maidservants?
But
Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his
chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money
and clothing, olive groves
and vineyards, sheep
and oxen, menservants
and maidservants?
The
leprosy therefore of
Naaman shall
cleave unto thee,
and unto thy seed for ever.
And he went out from his presence a
leper as white as snow.
And the sons of the prophets said unto
Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
Now the sons of the prophets said to
Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said
Elisha.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
So
Elisha went with them,
and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
But as one was felling a beam, the
axe head fell into the water:
and he
cried,
and said,
Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron
axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he
cried out, “it was borrowed!”
And the man of God said, Where fell it?
And he shewed him the place.
And he cut down a stick,
and cast it in thither;
and the iron did
swim.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God.
And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there,
and made the iron
float.
Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.
Then the king of Syria
warred against Israel,
and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such
and such a place shall be my camp.
Now the king of
Aram was at war against Israel. After
consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such
and such a place.”
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying,
Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him
and warned him of,
and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time
and again
Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was
sore troubled for this thing;
and he called his servants,
and said unto them, Will ye not
shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
For this reason the king of
Aram became
enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but
Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy
bedchamber.
But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For
Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your
bedroom.”
And he said, Go
and spy where he is, that I may send
and fetch him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
So the king said, “Go
and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “
Elisha is in Dothan,”
Therefore sent he thither horses,
and chariots,
and a great host:
and they came by night,
and compassed the city about.
the king of
Aram sent horses,
chariots,
and a great army. They went there by night
and surrounded the city.
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early,
and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses
and chariots.
And his servant said unto him,
Alas, my master! how shall we do?
When the servant of the man of God got up
and went out early in the morning, an army with horses
and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked
Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
“Do not be afraid,”
Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
And Elisha prayed,
and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.
And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man;
and he saw:
and, behold, the mountain was full of horses
and chariots of fire round about
Elisha.
Then
Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.”
And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man,
and he saw that the hills were full of horses
and chariots of fire all around
Elisha.
And when they came down to him,
Elisha prayed unto the LORD,
and said,
Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness.
And he
smote them with blindness according to the word of
Elisha.
As the Arameans came down against him,
Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of
Elisha.
And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me,
and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
And Elisha told them, “This is not the way,
and this is not the city. Follow me,
and I will take you to the man you are seeking.”
And he led them to Samaria.
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that
Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.
And the LORD opened their eyes,
and they saw;
and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
When they had entered Samaria,
Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes,
and they looked around
and discovered that they were in Samaria.
And the king of Israel said unto
Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I
smite them? shall I
smite them?
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked
Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
And he answered, Thou shalt not
smite them: wouldest thou
smite those whom thou hast taken
captive with thy sword
and with thy bow? set bread
and water before them, that they may eat
and drink,
and go to their master.
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
And he prepared great provision for them:
and when they had eaten
and drunk, he sent them away,
and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
So the king prepared a great feast for them,
and after they had finished eating
and drinking, he sent them away,
and they returned to their master.
And the
Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
And it came to pass after this, that Ben-
hadad king of Syria gathered all his host,
and went up,
and besieged Samaria.
Some time later, Ben-
hadad king of
Aram assembled his entire army
and marched up to
besiege Samaria.
And there was a great famine in Samaria:
and, behold, they besieged it, until an
ass’s head was sold for
fourscore pieces of silver,
and the fourth part of a
cab of
dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a
donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver,
and a quarter
cab of
dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there
cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman
cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the
threshing floor or the winepress?”
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee?
And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day,
and we will eat my son to
morrow.
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?”
And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him,
and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
So we boiled my son,
and did eat him:
and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him:
and she hath
hid her son.
So we boiled my son
and ate him,
and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes;
and he passed by upon the wall,
and the people looked,
and, behold, he had
sackcloth within upon his flesh.
When the king heard the words of the woman, he
tore his clothes.
And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the
sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
Then he said, God do so
and more also to me, if the head of
Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
He
announced, “May God
punish me,
and ever so severely, if the head of
Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
But
Elisha sat in his house,
and the elders sat with him;
and the king sent a man from before him: but
ere the
messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the
messenger cometh, shut the door,
and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
Now
Elisha was sitting in his house,
and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a
messenger ahead, but before he arrived,
Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the
messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
messenger came down unto him:
and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
While
Elisha was still speaking with them, the
messenger came down to him.
And the king said, “This
calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Then
Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To
morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel,
and two measures of barley for a
shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then
Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a
seah of fine flour will sell for a
shekel,
and two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel.’”
Then a lord on whose hand the king
leaned answered the man of God,
and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?
And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
But the officer on whose arm the king
leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied
Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
And there were four
leprous men at the entering in of the gate:
and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Now there were four men with
leprosy at the entrance of the city gate,
and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
And they rose up in the
twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
and when they were come to the
uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
So they arose at
twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of
chariots,
and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host:
and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath
hired against us the kings of the
Hittites,
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of
chariots, horses,
and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have
hired the kings of the
Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
Wherefore they arose
and fled in the
twilight,
and left their tents,
and their horses,
and their
asses, even the camp as it was,
and fled for their life.
And when these lepers came to the
uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent,
and did eat
and drink,
and carried thence silver,
and gold,
and raiment,
and went
and hid it;
and came again,
and entered into another tent,
and carried thence also,
and went
and hid it.
When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat
and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold,
and clothing,
and went
and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there,
and hid them.
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good
tidings,
and we hold our peace: if we
tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go
and tell the king’s household.
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right.
Today is a day of good news. If we are silent
and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go
and tell the king’s household.”
So they came
and called unto the porter of the city:
and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians,
and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses
tied,
and asses tied,
and the tents as they were.
So they went
and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the
Aramean camp
and no one was there—not a trace—only
tethered horses
and donkeys,
and the tents were
intact.”
And he called the
porters;
and they told it to the king’s house within.
The gatekeepers
shouted the news,
and it was reported to the king’s household.
And the king arose in the night,
and said unto his servants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be
hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive,
and get into the city.
So the king got up in the night
and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are
starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive
and enter the city.’”
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their
plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are
doomed. So let us send them
and find out.”
They took therefore two
chariot horses;
and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go
and see.
Then the scouts took two
chariots with horses,
and the king sent them after the
Aramean army, saying, “Go
and see.”
And they went after them unto Jordan:
and, lo, all the way was full of garments
and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their
haste.
And the messengers returned,
and told the king.
And they
tracked them as far as the Jordan,
and indeed, the whole way was
littered with the clothing
and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in
haste. So the scouts returned
and told the king.
And the people went out,
and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a
shekel,
and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Then the people went out
and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a
seah of fine flour sold for a
shekel,
and two seahs of barley sold for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he
leaned to have the charge of the gate:
and the people
trode upon him in the gate,
and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he
leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people
trampled him in the
gateway,
and he died, just as the man of God had
foretold when the king had come to him.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a
shekel,
and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to
morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel,
and a
seah of fine flour will sell for a
shekel.”
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So
Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
And so it fell out unto him: for the people
trode upon him in the gate,
and he died.
And that is just what happened to him. The people
trampled him in the
gateway,
and he died.
Then spake
Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise,
and go thou
and thine household,
and sojourn wheresoever thou canst
sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
Now
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.”
And the woman arose,
and did after the saying of the man of God:
and she went with her household,
and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
So 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.
And 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 unto the king for her house and for her land.
At 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.
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 hath done.
Now 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.”
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body 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 Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman,
and this is her son, whom
Elisha restored to life.
And 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.”
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
When 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 Elisha came to Damascus;
and Ben-
hadad the king of Syria was sick;
and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come
hither.
Then
Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-
hadad king of
Aram was sick,
and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
And the king said unto
Hazael, Take a present in thine hand,
and go, meet the man of God,
and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
So 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?’”
So
Hazael went to meet him,
and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden,
and came
and stood before him,
and said, Thy son Ben-
hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
So
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?’”
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover:
howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
Elisha answered, “Go
and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
Elisha fixed his
gaze steadily on him until
Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to
weep.
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?
And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou
wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds
wilt thou set on fire,
and their young men
wilt thou
slay with the sword,
and wilt dash their children,
and rip up their women with child.
“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 Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
“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 he departed from
Elisha,
and came to his master; who said to him, What said
Elisha to thee?
And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
So
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.”
And it came to pass on the
morrow, that he took a thick cloth,
and dipped it in water,
and spread it on his face, so that he died:
and Hazael reigned in his
stead.
But 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.
And in the fifth year of
Joram the son of
Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
In the fifth year of the reign of
Joram son of
Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of
Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
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.
And 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.
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him
alway a light,
and to his children.
Yet 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.
In his days
Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,
and made a king over themselves.
In the days of Jehoram,
Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah
and appointed their own king.
So
Joram went over to Zair,
and all the
chariots with him:
and he rose by night,
and smote the Edomites which compassed him about,
and the captains of the
chariots:
and the people fled into their tents.
So 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.
And 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?
As 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?
And Joram slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the city of David:
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
And Jehoram rested with his fathers
and was buried with them in the City of David.
And his son
Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Two
and twenty years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.
And his mother’s name was
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
Ahaziah 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.
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 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 king
Joram went back to be
healed in
Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given 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 the son of
Ahab in
Jezreel, because he was sick.
So 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.
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets,
and said unto him,
Gird up thy loins,
and take this box of oil in thine hand,
and go to
Ramoth-
gilead:
Now
Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets
and said to him, “
Tuck your
cloak under your belt, take this
flask of oil,
and go to
Ramoth-
gilead.
And when thou comest thither, look out there
Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi,
and go in,
and make him arise up from among his brethren,
and carry him to an inner chamber;
When you arrive, look for
Jehu son of
Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions,
and take him to an inner room.
Then take the box of oil,
and pour it on his head,
and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have
anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door,
and flee,
and tarry not.
Then take the
flask of oil, pour it on his head,
and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I
anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door
and run. Do not delay!”
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting;
and he said, I have an
errand to thee, O captain.
And Jehu said, Unto which of all us?
And he said, To thee, O captain.
and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked
Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
And he arose,
and went into the house;
and he poured the oil on his head,
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have
anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
So
Jehu got up
and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head
and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I
anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
And thou shalt
smite the house of
Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets,
and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of
Jezebel.
And you are to strike down the house of your master
Ahab, so that I may
avenge the blood of My servants the prophets
and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of
Jezebel.
For the whole house of
Ahab shall perish:
and I will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall,
and him that is shut up
and left in Israel:
The whole house of
Ahab will perish,
and I will cut off from
Ahab every male, both slave
and free, in Israel.
And I will make the house of
Ahab like the house of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and like the house of
Baasha the son of
Ahijah:
And the dogs shall eat
Jezebel in the portion of
Jezreel,
and there shall be none to
bury her.
And he opened the door,
and fled.
And on the plot of ground at
Jezreel the dogs will
devour Jezebel,
and there will be no one to
bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door
and ran.
Then
Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord:
and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this
mad fellow to thee?
And he said unto them, Ye know the man,
and his communication.
When
Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this
madman come to you?” “You know his kind
and their
babble,” he replied.
And they said, It is false; tell us now.
And he said, Thus
and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have
anointed thee king over Israel.
“That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So
Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this
and that,
and he said, ‘This is what the LORD says: I
anoint you king over Israel.’”
Then they hasted,
and took every man his garment,
and put it under him on the top of the stairs,
and blew with
trumpets, saying,
Jehu is king.
Quickly, each man took his garment
and put it under
Jehu on the bare steps. Then they
blew the ram’s horn
and proclaimed, “
Jehu is king!”
