When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war.

So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil.

The king ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”

Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away.

Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies.”

At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.

They replied, “He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist.” The king said, “He is Elijah the Tishbite.”

While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, “My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’

She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.

When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”

So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

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.

He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, “Dispose of this accursed woman’s corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king’s daughter.”

But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah.