1 GLT And Elisha spoke to the woman, who he made her son live, saying,“Get up and go, you and your house, and sojourn where you will sojourn, for Yahweh has called for a famine, and also it will come to the land 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 GLT And the woman got up, and she 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 GLT And it happened at the end of seven years, and the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. And she went out to cry out to the king on behalf of her house and on behalf of 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 GLT And the king was speaking to Gehazi, the young man of the man of God, saying,“Please report to me all 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 GLT And it happened, he was reporting to the king that he made the dead live, and look— the woman who he made her son live was crying out to the king on behalf of her house and on behalf of her field. And Gehazi said,“My lord, the king, this{ is} the woman, and this{ is} her son, who 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 GLT And the king inquired of the woman, and she reported to him. So the king gave to her one eunuch, saying,“Return everything that{ belongs} to her and all the produce of the field from the day she left the land and up to 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.”
7 GLT And Elisha came to Damascus, and 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 GLT And the king said to Hazael,“Take a gift in your hand, and go to meet the man of God. And you will 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 GLT And Hazael went to meet him and he took a gift in his hand, and every good thing of Damascus, a burden of 40 camels. And he came, and he stood to his face, and he said,“Your son, Ben Hadad the king of Aram, sent me to you, saying,‘Will I live 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 GLT And Elisha said to him,“Go, say to him,‘You will surely live.’ But Yahweh has made me see that he will surely 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 GLT And he made his face stand, and he set 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 GLT And Hazael said,“Why is my lord weeping?” And he said,“Because I know that which you will do evil to the sons of Israel. Their fortresses you will send into the fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will split 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 GLT And Hazael said,“But what{ is} your servant, the dog, that he will 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 GLT And he went from with Elisha, and he came to his lord. And he said to him,“What did Elisha say to you?” And he said,“He said to me,‘Surely you will live.’” 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 GLT And it happened, from the following day, and he took the covering, and he dipped in the waters, and he spread{ it} over his face, and he died. And Hazael became king 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.
16 GLT And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, became king. 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 GLT He was a son of 32 years when he became king, and he was king eight years in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
18 GLT And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab became a wife to him. And he did what was 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 GLT 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 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.
20 GLT In his days, Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah, and they made a king be king over them. BSB BSB: In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
21 GLT And Joram crossed over to Zair, and with all the chariots with him. And it happened, he himself got up{ at} night, and he struck Edom, the one surrounding him and the captains of the chariots, but the people fled to their 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 GLT 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 GLT And the rest of the words of Joram, and all that he did— are they not written on the scroll of the words 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 GLT And Joram slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Ahaziah his son was king 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.
25 GLT In the year of the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, became king. 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 GLT And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, as 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 GLT And King Joram returned to heal himself in Jezreel from the wounds that 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 wounded. 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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