8:1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou
canst sojourn: for the
LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven
years.
(8:1) "The LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come
upon the land seven years."
God sends a famine on the people that lasts for seven years. God's 104th killing
8:2
And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she
went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven
years.
8:3
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out
of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for
her house and for her land.
8:4
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
(8:4) "The king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done." Did God give Gehazi leprosy?
8:5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead
body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord,
O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to
life.
8:6
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed
unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the
fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
8:7
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.
(8:7-15) Did God kill king Benhadad?
Benhadad was sick, so he sent Hazael to ask Elisha if he would recover. Elisha said to tell the king that he would recover,
though God told him that he would die. Hazael returned and delivered the message to the king and then smothered him.
Seems suspicious, doesn't it? Especially when you consider how much God hated Benhadad.
God killed Ahab and
his family
for not killing Benhadad. Maybe Hazael did the job for God when he smothered him.
(8:7-8) "Benhadad the king of Syria was sick ... 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?"
(8:9) "So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him ... and said, Thy son
Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall
I recover of this disease?"
(8:10) "Elisha said unto
him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath
shewed me that he shall surely die."
Elisha, with God's approval, tells a man to lie. Is it wrong to lie?
(8:14) "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."
(8:15) "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."
8:8And 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?
8:9So 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?
8:10And Elisha said unto
him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath
shewed me that he shall surely die.
8:11
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the
man of God wept.
8:12
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.
8:13
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.
8:14So 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.
8:15And 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.
8:16
And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat
being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah
began to reign.
8:17
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned
eight years in Jerusalem.
8:18
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.
8:19
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.
8:20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king
over themselves.
8:21
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.
8:22Yet Edom revolted from
under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same
time.
(8:22) "Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day."
The Edomites revolt. But how could they have
fought when all of their males had just recently been killed? (1 Kings 11:16)
8:23
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?
8:24
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.
8:25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son
of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
8:26Two 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.
8:27
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.
8:28
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of
Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
8:29
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.
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