7 And Elisha came to Damascus and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick and it was told him saying The man of God is come hither 8 And the king said unto Hazael Take a present in thine hand and go meet the man of God and enquire of the LORD by him saying Shall I recover of this disease 9 So Hazael 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 Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee saying Shall I recover of this disease 10 And Elisha said unto him Go say unto him Thou mayest certainly recover howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly until he was ashamed and the man of God wept 12 And Hazael said Why weepeth my lord And he answered Because I know the evil 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 dash their children and rip up their women with child 13 And Hazael said But what is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing And Elisha answered The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria 14 So he departed from Elisha and came to his master who said to him What said Elisha to thee And he answered He told me that thou shouldest surely recover 15 And it came to pass on the morrow that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water and spread it on his face so that he died and Hazael reigned in his stead
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel as did the house of Ahab for the daughter of Ahab was his wife and he did evil in the sight of the LORD 19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake as he promised him to give him alway a light and to his 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 people fled into their tents 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day Then Libnah revolted at the same time 23 And 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
24 And Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead
25 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 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign and he reigned one year in Jerusalem And his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel 27 And he walked 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 law of the house of Ahab
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead __ and the Syrians wounded Joram 29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him 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 sick
