II. Krnes VIII. 21

saying, “+Restore call that was hers,|B.C.abou and rall the_» fruits_of the field since 885. the day that she left «the land, even| p. produc until now.”
7 And Elisha came to Damascus ; and Ben-hadad the_king_of Syria +was_sick ; aD: and it was_told him, saying, “The_| wizam, iman_of x=God is_come hither.”
8 And the king said unto / Hazaél,|i. “.Take a present in thine hand, and|8. 1g ‘go, meet the_i man_of x=God, and -in- ea vai quire of J«the Lorp by him, saying,| Seen-of ‘Shall_I_recover of this disease ?’”
9 So Hazaél 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 shath_sent me to thee, saying, ‘Shall_I_recover of this dis- ease 22a
10 And Elisha said unto him, “Go, say unto him, ‘ Thou_mayest_certainly recover :’ howbeit Jthe Lorp -hath_ shewed me that he shall_surely die.”
il And he settled his “countenance stedfastly, until he was_ashamed : and the_‘ man_of x=God wept.
12 And Hazaél said, “Why weepeth my -lord?” And he answered, “Be- cause I know ethe evil that thou wilt_| 7 do unto the_s children_of Israél: 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.”
13 And Hazaél said, “But what, is thy servant a xdog, that he should_do xthis xgreat xthing?” And Elisha an- swered, “! The Lorp shath_shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.”
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14So he departed from -Elisha,and| #azazi came to his !=master ; who said to him,| ReTuRN “What said Elisha to thee?” And he| BENS
answered, “He told me that thou shouldest_surely recover.”
15 And it came_to_pass on the mor- row, that he took @ xthick_cloth, and dipped it in x=water, and spread 7 on his face, so that he died: and Hazaél reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son_of Ahab king_of Israél, Jehosha- phat being then king_of Judah, J Je- horam the_son_of Jehoshaphat king_of Judah began_to_reign?, ~
17 Thirty and two years old was he} 91.1 when he began_to_reign ; and hereigned |j. Jéhorai eight years in Jerusalem. exalte a
18 And he walked in the_way_of the_};. jn ec kings_of Israél, «as did the_house_of| with Ahab: for the_daughter_of Ahab was ie his wife: and he did *evil in the_sight_ of J the Lorp.
19 Yet J the Lorp would not destroy -Judah for David His servant’s sake,| 36. «as He promised him to give him alway |7. a llight, and to his s children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from
under the_hand_of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 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 peo- ple fled into their tents.
BC. 892.
TL. Krvas VIII. 22.
2 Yet Edom revolted from under the_hand_of Judah unto xthis xday. Then Libnah ‘revolted at the same xtime.
23 And the_rest_of the_acts_of j Jo-
- |ram, and all that he did, are thep not
written in the_book_of the chronicles of the kings_of Judah?
24 And j Joram slept with his fathers, and was_buried with his fathers in the_ city_of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 In the twelfth year of Joram the_ son_of Ahab king_of Israél did « Aha- ziah the_son_of Jehoram king_of Judah begin_to_reign.
25 Two and twenty years old was aAhaziah when he began_to_reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was «¢t Athaliah,
thaliah, | the_g daughter_of Omri king_of Israél.
27 And he walked in the_way_of the_ house_of Ahab, and did xevil in the_ sight_of J the Lor», as did the_house_of Ahab: for he was the_son_in_law_of the_house_of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the_son_
RAR. of Ahab to the war against Hazaél
king_of Syria in *Ramoth-gilead ; and
.|the Syrians wounded -Joram.
2 And xking Joram went_back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had_given him at xRamah, when he fought_against ~Hazaél king_ of Syria. And Ahaziah the_son_of Je- horam king_of Judah went_down to see -Joram the_son_of Ahab in Jezreel, because he +was_sick.
AND Elisha the prophet called one
of the_schildren_of the prophets,
and said unto him, “-Gird_up thy loins,
and -take xthis /box_of xoil in thine hand, and -go.to Ramoth-gilead :
2 And when thou comest thither, ‘look_out there j Jehu the_son_of je Je- hoshaphat the_son_of » Nimshi, and *go_in, and sae ane Uy from among his brethren, and «carry him to
- |an inner chamber ;
8 Then -take the_/box_of «oil, and pour it on his head, and -say, ‘Thus saith 7 the Lorp, I -have_anointed thee tking over Israél.’ Then -open the door, and flee, and ‘tarry not.”
4 So the young_man, even the young_ man the prophet, went to Ramoth- gilead.
5 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 ofallus?” And he said, “To thee, O_ captain.”
6 And he arose, and went_into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, “Thus «saith Jthe Lorp =God_of Israél, I -have_an- ointed thee ‘king over the_people_of J the Lor, even over Israél.
7 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 Lorp, at the_hand_of Jezebel,