¶ Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son¹ he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn² wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD³ hath called for a famine⁴; and it shall also come upon the land seven years⁵.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with⁶ her household, and sojourned in the land⁷ of the Philistines seven years.

⁸And 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.

And the king⁹ talked with Gehazi¹⁰ the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell¹¹ me, I pray thee, all the great¹² things that Elisha hath done.

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored¹³ a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman¹⁴, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord¹⁵, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer¹⁶, saying, Restore all¹⁷ that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

¶ And Elisha came to Damascus¹⁸; and Benhadad¹⁹ the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God²⁰ is come²² hither.

And the king said unto Hazael²³, Take²⁴ a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire²⁵ of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

So Hazael²⁶ went to meet him, and took a present with him²⁷, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad²⁸ king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

¶ And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest²⁹ certainly recover: howbeit the LORD³⁰ hath shewed me that he shall surely die³¹.

And he settled his countenance stedfastly³², until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord³³? And he answered, Because I know the evil³⁴ 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 dash³⁵ their children, and rip up their women with child.

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog³⁶, that he should do³⁷ this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD³⁸ hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me³⁹ that thou shouldest surely recover.

And it came⁴⁰ to pass on the morrow⁴¹, that he took a thick cloth⁴², and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died⁴³: and Hazael⁴⁴ reigned in his stead.

¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram⁴⁵ the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign⁴⁶.

⁴⁷Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

And he walked in the way⁴⁸ of the kings of Israel, as did the house⁴⁹ of Ahab: for the daughter⁵⁰ of Ahab was his wife⁵¹: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David⁵³ his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light⁵⁴, and to his children.

¶ In his days Edom⁵⁵ revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king⁵⁶ over themselves.

So Joram went over to Zair⁵⁷, 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.

Yet⁵⁸ Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah⁶⁰ revolted at the same time.

⁶¹And 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?

And Joram slept⁶³ with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah⁶⁴ his son reigned in his stead.

¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

Two and twenty⁶⁸ years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year⁶⁹ in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah⁷⁰, the daughter⁷¹ of Omri king of Israel.

And he walked⁷² 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 law⁷³ of the house of Ahab.

And he went⁷⁴ with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael⁷⁵ king of Syria in Ramothgilead⁷⁶; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

And king Joram⁷⁷ went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given⁷⁸ him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah⁷⁹ the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick⁸⁰.