2 Kings 8
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Now Elisha had said to the woman q whose son he had restored to life, "Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord r has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for s seven years."
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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.
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And 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.
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Now the king was talking with t Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, "Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done."
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And while he was telling the king how q Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life."
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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 that she left the land until now."
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Now Elisha came to u Damascus. v Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, "The man of God has come here,"
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the king said to w Hazael, x "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, y and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"
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So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, z "Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'"
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And Elisha said to him, a "Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover,' but the Lord has shown me that b he shall certainly die."
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And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, c until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.
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And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know d the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword e and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women."
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And Hazael said, "What is your servant, f who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, g "The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria."
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Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me h that you would certainly recover."
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But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
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In the fifth year of i Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
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He was j thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for k the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, l since he promised to give m a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
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In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up n a king of their own.
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Then Joram passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army o fled home.
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p So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then q Libnah revolted at the same time.
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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?
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So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried r with his fathers in the city of David, and s Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
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t In the u twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
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Ahaziah was v twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was w a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
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He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.
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He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against x Hazael king of Syria at y Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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z And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at a Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And b Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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2 Kings 4:35
Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
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Psalms 105:16
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread.
Haggai 1:11
And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.
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Genesis 41:27
The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears blighted by the east wind are also seven years of famine.
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2 Kings 4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
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2 Kings 8:1
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.
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1 Kings 11:24
And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.
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2 Kings 6:24
Afterward Ben-hadad king of Syria mustered his entire army and went up and besieged Samaria.
1 Kings 20:1
Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.
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1 Kings 19:15
And the Lord said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
1 Kings 19:17
And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.
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1 Samuel 9:7
Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
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2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick; so he sent messengers, telling them, "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.
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2 Kings 5:13
But his servants came near and said to him, "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?
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2 Kings 8:14
Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you would certainly recover.
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2 Kings 8:15
But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
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2 Kings 2:17
But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, "Send." They sent therefore fifty men. And for three days they sought him but did not find him.
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2 Kings 10:32
In those days the Lord began to cut off parts o...
2 Kings 12:17
At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and f...
2 Kings 13:3
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against I...
2 Kings 13:7
For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of m...
2 Kings 13:22
Now Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all t...
Amos 1:3 - 4
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions ...
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Isaiah 13:16
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Psalms 137:9
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!
Hosea 10:14
Therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
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1 Samuel 17:43
And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Kings 19:15
And the Lord said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
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2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover,' but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die.
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2 Kings 1:17
So he died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son.
2 Kings 3:1
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twelve years.
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2 Kings 8:17 - 24
He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:5 - 10
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
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2 Samuel 7:12 - 13
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Psalms 132:11
The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
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1 Kings 11:36
Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put my name.
1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless, for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, "You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
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2 Kings 3:9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. And when they had made a circuitous march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
1 Kings 22:47
There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
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2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
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Genesis 27:40
By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.
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Joshua 10:29 - 30
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
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2 Chronicles 21:20
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret. They buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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2 Chronicles 21:17
And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.
2 Chronicles 22:6
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that he had received 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 wounded.
2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem for 400 cubits, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
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2 Kings 8:25 - 29
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 Chronicles 22:1 - 6
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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2 Kings 9:29
In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah.
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2 Chronicles 22:2
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
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1 Kings 15:10
And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
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2 Kings 8:15
But the next day he took the bed cloth and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
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1 Kings 22:3
And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
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2 Kings 9:15
But King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, "If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.
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2 Chronicles 22:6
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that he had received 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 wounded.
2 Kings 8:28
He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
2 Chronicles 22:5
He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.
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2 Kings 9:16
Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram.
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