The Shunammite’s Land Restored 1 ULT Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had made live, saying,“Arise and go, you and your house, and sojourn in where you will sojourn, for Yahweh has called for a famine, and also it will come upon the land{ for} seven years.” BSB BSB: Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
2 ULT And the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. And she went, she and her house, and she sojourned in the land of the Philistines{ for} seven years. BSB BSB: So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.
3 ULT And it happened at the end of seven years that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. And she went out to cry out to the king for her house and for her land. BSB BSB: At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
4 ULT And the king was speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying,“Please recount to me all of the great{ things} that Elisha has done.” BSB BSB: Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
5 ULT And it happened, he was recounting to the king that he had made the dead live, and behold, the woman whose son he had made live was crying out to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said,“My lord the king, this{ is} the woman, and this{ is} her son, whom Elisha made live.” BSB BSB: And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
6 ULT And the king inquired of the woman, and she recounted to him. And the king assigned to her a eunuch, saying,“Return everything that{ is} to her and all of the produce of the field from the day she left the land and until now.” BSB BSB: When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”
Hazael Murders Ben-hadad 7 ULT And Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. And it was declared to him, saying,“The man of God has come to here.” BSB BSB: Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
8 ULT And the king said to Hazael,“Take a gift in your hand, and go to meet the man of God. And you shall inquire of Yahweh through him, saying,‘Will I live from this sickness?’” BSB BSB: So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
9 ULT And Hazael went to meet him, and in his hand he took a gift and every good{ thing} of Damascus, a burden of 40 camels. And he came and stood to his face, and he said,“Your son Ben Hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying,‘Will I revive from this sickness?’” BSB BSB: So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
10 ULT And Elisha said to him,“Go, say to him,‘Reviving, you will revive.’ But Yahweh has made me see that dying, he will die.” BSB BSB: Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
11 ULT And he made his face stand, and he set{ it} until shaming, and the man of God wept. BSB BSB: Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
12 ULT And Hazael said,“Why is my lord weeping?” And he said,“Because I know what harm you will do to the sons of Israel. Their fortresses, you will send into fire, and their choice youths, you will kill with the sword, and their infants, you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women, you will rip open.” BSB BSB: “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
13 ULT And Hazael said,“But what{ is} your servant, a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha said,“Yahweh has made me see you king over Aram.” BSB BSB: “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
14 ULT And he went from with Elisha, and he came to his master. And he said to him,“What did Elisha say to you?” And he said,“He said to me,‘Reviving, you will revive.’” BSB BSB: So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
15 ULT And it happened on the next day that he took a cloth and dipped{ it} in water and spread{ it} over his face, and he died. And Hazael reigned in his place. BSB BSB: But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
Jehoram Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 21:1–7)
16 ULT And in the year of five to Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, reigned. BSB BSB: In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
17 ULT He was a son of 32 years when he reigned, and he reigned 8 years in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
18 ULT And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was a wife to him. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
19 ULT But Yahweh was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, just as he had said to him, to give to him a lamp for his sons all of the days. BSB BSB: Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
Edom and Libnah Rebel (2 Chronicles 21:8–11)
20 ULT In his days, Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and they made a king rule over them. BSB BSB: In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
21 ULT So Joram passed over to Zair, and all of the chariotry with him. And it happened, he, he arose{ at} night, and he struck Edom, having surrounded him, and the commanders of the chariotry, but the people fled to its tents. BSB BSB: So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
22 ULT And Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah, to this day. Then Libnah rebelled at that time. BSB BSB: So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
23 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Jehoram, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
24 ULT And Joram lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
Ahaziah Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 22:1–7)
25 ULT In the year of 12, the year to Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, reigned. BSB BSB: In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
27 ULT And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like the house of Ahab, for he{ was} a son- in- law of the house of Ahab. BSB BSB: And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
29 ULT And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds{ with} which the Arameans had struck him at Ramah when he fought with Hazael, the king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel because he was infirm. BSB BSB: So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
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