2 Kings 8
A while ago we saw how Elisha raised the son of a Shunammite woman back to life - now he warns the woman to leave the land for a while as a drought is coming that will last seven years.
At the end of seven years she went to the king of Israel asking for her land back.
As it happens the king was talking to Elisha's servant Gehazi (who apparently had recovered from his leprosy) asking about Elisha's miracles.
Gehazi had just mentioned raising the woman's son to life when she came in, recognised her and the king got her account first hand.
She got all her land back.
Next thing is that Elisha has gone to Damascus and Ben-Hadad the king asked one of his servants, Hazael, to take Elisha a gift and ask if he will get better from his illness (man flu?).
Elisha told Hazael that the king will recover , but nevertheless he will die. Fixing Hazael with his gaze, Elisha started to weep.
Hazael is a bit taken aback and asked "why are you weeping?"
Because you will cause hurt to the Israelites, setting fire to fortified places, killing even women and children, you will become king of Aram.
He took a thick cloth soaked in water and spread it over the kings face, so that the king died.
The next king of Judah is Jehoram - he became king at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years (dying two years younger than I am if it comes to that!)
Jehoram was not a particularly good king according to the bible, he followed the examples of Ahab (he was married to Ahab's daughter)
In the time of Jerhoram, Edom set up their own king again, which Jehoram was unable to quell.
The next king of Judah was Ahazia - he was 22 years old and lasted a whole year as king - he died as the result of wounds inflicted in a battle against Hazael.
A while ago we saw how Elisha raised the son of a Shunammite woman back to life - now he warns the woman to leave the land for a while as a drought is coming that will last seven years.
At the end of seven years she went to the king of Israel asking for her land back.
As it happens the king was talking to Elisha's servant Gehazi (who apparently had recovered from his leprosy) asking about Elisha's miracles.
Gehazi had just mentioned raising the woman's son to life when she came in, recognised her and the king got her account first hand.
She got all her land back.
Next thing is that Elisha has gone to Damascus and Ben-Hadad the king asked one of his servants, Hazael, to take Elisha a gift and ask if he will get better from his illness (man flu?).
Elisha told Hazael that the king will recover , but nevertheless he will die. Fixing Hazael with his gaze, Elisha started to weep.
Hazael is a bit taken aback and asked "why are you weeping?"
Because you will cause hurt to the Israelites, setting fire to fortified places, killing even women and children, you will become king of Aram.
He took a thick cloth soaked in water and spread it over the kings face, so that the king died.
The next king of Judah is Jehoram - he became king at the age of 32 and reigned for 8 years (dying two years younger than I am if it comes to that!)
Jehoram was not a particularly good king according to the bible, he followed the examples of Ahab (he was married to Ahab's daughter)
In the time of Jerhoram, Edom set up their own king again, which Jehoram was unable to quell.
The next king of Judah was Ahazia - he was 22 years old and lasted a whole year as king - he died as the result of wounds inflicted in a battle against Hazael.
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