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14 Then he left Elisha, and went to his master Ben-hadad,[a] who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took the bed-cover and dipped it in water and spread it over the king’s face, until he died. And Hazael succeeded him.

Jehoram Reigns over Judah

16 In the fifth year of King Joram son of Ahab of Israel,[b] Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to reign.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:14 Heb lacks Ben-hadad
  2. 2 Kings 8:16 Gk Syr: Heb adds Jehoshaphat being king of Judah,

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