1Kemudian Elisa berbicara kepada perempuan yang anaknya dahulu dihidupkannya dengan berkata, Bangkitlah, dan pergi dengan seluruh rumah tanggamu, dan merantau ke mana sahaja kamu dapat merantau: sebab TUHAN telah memerintahkan suatu kemarau; dan itu akan menimpa negeri ini selama tujuh tahun.
2Dan perempuan itu bangkit, dan melakukan apa yang dikatakan hamba Allah: dan dia pergi bersama rumah tangganya, dan merantau di tanah orang Filistin selama tujuh tahun.
3Dan terjadilah pada pengakhiran tujuh tahun itu, bahawa perempuan itu kembali dari tanah orang Filistin: dan dia pergi untuk merayu kepada raja untuk rumahnya dan untuk tanahnya.
4Dan raja sedang bercakap dengan Gehazi, iaitu hamba kepada hamba Allah, dengan berkata, Beritahuku, aku mohon kepadamu, segala perbuatan besar yang telah dilakukan Elisa.
5Dan terjadilah, sementara Gehazi sedang memberitahu raja bagaimana Elisa telah menghidupkan suatu mayat, bahawa, lihatlah, perempuan itu, yang anak lelakinya dahulu dihidupkan semula, merayu kepada raja bagi rumahnya dan bagi tanahnya. Dan Gehazi berkata, Tuanku, ya raja, inilah perempuan itu, dan inilah anak lelakinya itu, anak yang Elisa telah menghidupkan semula.
6Dan apabila raja bertanya kepada perempuan itu, perempuan itu menceritakannya kepada raja. Maka raja melantik seorang pegawai bagi perempuan itu, dengan berkata, Pulihkan semula segala yang dimilikinya, dan segala buah di ladang sejak hari yang dia telah meninggalkan tanah itu, sampai sekarang.
7And 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.
8And 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?
9So 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?with�: Heb. in his hand
10And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.stedfastly: Heb. and set it
12And 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.
13And 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.
14So 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.
15And 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.
16And 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.began�: Heb. reigned
17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
18And 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.
19Namun TUHAN tidak ingin membinasakan Yehuda demi Daud, hambanya, seperti yang telah dia berjanji kepada Daud untuk selalu memberi dia suatu cahaya, dan kepada keturunannya.
20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21So 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.
22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
23And 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?
24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
26Two 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.daughter: or, granddaughter
27And 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.
28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29And 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.which�: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had woundedRamah: called Ramothsick: Heb. wounded