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Text -- 2 Kings 8:8-29 (NET)
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8:8 So the king told Hazael , “Take a gift and go visit the prophet . Request from him an oracle from the Lord . Ask him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness ?’”
8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift , as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus . When he arrived , he stood before him and said , “Your son , King Ben Hadad of Syria , has sent me to you with this question , ‘Will I recover from this sickness ?’”
8:10 Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover ,’ but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die .”
8:11 Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable . Then the prophet started crying .
8:12 Hazael asked , “Why are you crying , my master ?” He replied , “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites . You will set fire to their fortresses , kill their young men with the sword , smash their children to bits , and rip open their pregnant women .”
8:13 Hazael said , “How could your servant , who is as insignificant as a dog , accomplish this great military victory ?” Elisha answered , “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria .”
8:14 He left Elisha and went to his master . Ben Hadad asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied , “He told me you would surely recover .”
8:15 The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth , dipped it in water , and spread it over Ben Hadad’s face until he died . Then Hazael replaced him as king .
Jehoram’s Reign over Judah
8:16 In the fifth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram , son of Ahab , Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king over Judah .
8:17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem .
8:18 He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel , just as Ahab’s dynasty had done , for he married Ahab’s daughter . He did evil in the sight of the Lord .
8:19 But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah . He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty .
8:20 During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah’s control and set up their own king .
8:21 Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots . The Edomites , who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers . The Israelite army retreated to their homeland .
8:22 So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day . At that same time Libnah also rebelled.
8:23 The rest of the events of Joram’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments , are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah .
8:24 Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David . His son Ahaziah replaced him as king .
Ahaziah Takes the Throne of Judah
8:25 In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel’s King Joram , son of Ahab , Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king over Judah .
8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem . His mother was Athaliah , the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel .
8:27 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty and did evil in the sight of the Lord , like Ahab’s dynasty , for he was related to Ahab’s family .
8:28 He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram .
8:29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria . King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel , for he was ill .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hazael |
Elisha |
KINGS, BOOKS OF |
Jehoram |
ELIJAH |
Joram |
Ahaziah |
BENHADAD |
Ben-hadad |
Israel |
JEHORAM; JORAM |
Lies and Deceits |
Influence |
Athaliah |
Ramoth-gilead |
Dog |
JEHU |
Zair |
OBADIAH, BOOK OF |
Edomites |
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NET Notes -> 2Ki 8:8; 2Ki 8:8; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ki 8:9; 2Ki 8:10; 2Ki 8:11; 2Ki 8:11; 2Ki 8:13; 2Ki 8:13; 2Ki 8:14; 2Ki 8:14; 2Ki 8:15; 2Ki 8:15; 2Ki 8:16; 2Ki 8:17; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ki 8:18; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ki 8:20; 2Ki 8:21; 2Ki 8:21; 2Ki 8:21; 2Ki 8:22; 2Ki 8:23; 2Ki 8:24; 2Ki 8:26; 2Ki 8:26; 2Ki 8:27; 2Ki 8:27; 2Ki 8:29; 2Ki 8:29
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:10 The consonantal text (Kethib) reads, “Go, say, ‘Surely you will not (לֹא, lo’) recover” In this case the vav...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:11 Heb “and he made his face stand [i.e., be motionless] and set [his face?] until embarrassment.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:14 Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:15 Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:16 The Hebrew text reads, “and in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and [or, ‘while’?] Jehoshaphat [was?] king of Jud...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:17 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:19 Heb “just as he had promised to give him and his sons a lamp all the days.” The metaphorical “lamp” symbolizes the Davidic dyn...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:20 Heb “in his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah and enthroned a king over them.”
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:23 Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Joram and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Jud...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:26 Hebrew בַּת (bat), “daughter,” can refer, as here to a granddaughter. See HALOT 166 s.v. בַּ...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 8:27 Heb “and he walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for he was a relative by marriag...
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