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2 Koningen 8
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2 Koningen 8
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God spreekt door Elisa
8 Tegen de vrouw van wie hij de zoon weer levend had gemaakt, had Elisa gezegd: ‘Verhuis met uw gezin naar een andere streek, want de Here heeft een hongersnood over Israël aangekondigd die zeven jaar gaat duren.’ Deze hongersnood kwam ook. 2 Zo trok de vrouw op aanraden van Elisa met haar gezin naar het land van de Filistijnen en bleef daar zeven jaar wonen. 3 Na afloop van de hongersnood keerde zij terug naar Israël en ging naar de koning om hun huis en land terug te vragen. 4 Toen zij binnenkwam, was de koning net in gesprek met Elisaʼs dienaar Gehazi en zei: ‘Vertel mij eens iets over de grote daden die Elisa heeft verricht.’ 5 Gehazi vertelde hem hoe Elisa eens een kleine jongen weer tot leven had gebracht. Precies op dat moment kwam de moeder van de jongen binnen. ‘Koning,’ riep Gehazi, ‘dit is de moeder van de jongen, over wie ik u vertelde, die door Elisa weer tot leven werd gewekt!’ 6 ‘Is dit waar?’ vroeg de koning haar. En zij beaamde dat. Daarop gaf hij een van zijn ambtenaren opdracht ervoor te zorgen dat al haar vroegere eigendommen werden teruggegeven, inclusief de waarde van de oogsten die waren binnengehaald tijdens haar afwezigheid.
7 Korte tijd later ging Elisa naar Damascus, de hoofdstad van Syrië, waar koning Benhadad ziek lag. Iemand vertelde de koning dat de profeet was aangekomen. 8 Bij het horen van dat nieuws zei de koning tegen Hazaël: ‘Breng een geschenk naar de man van God en verzoek hem de Here te vragen of ik weer beter zal worden.’
9 Hazaël ging met veertig kameelladingen van de beste producten uit Damascus als geschenk naar Elisa en zei tegen hem: ‘Koning Benhadad van Syrië heeft mij gestuurd om u te vragen of hij van deze ziekte zal genezen.’ 10 Elisa antwoordde: ‘Ga terug en zeg tegen hem: u zult niet van deze ziekte genezen, want de Here heeft mij laten zien dat u spoedig zult sterven.’ 11 Elisa staarde Hazaël net zolang aan tot hij verlegen werd en barstte toen in tranen uit. 12 ‘Wat is er aan de hand, heer?’ vroeg Hazaël hem. Elisa antwoordde: ‘Ik weet welke vreselijke dingen u zult gaan doen met het volk van Israël, u zult hun forten verbranden, de jonge mannen doden, hun kinderen tegen de rotsen doodslaan en de buiken van zwangere vrouwen opensnijden.’ 13 ‘Maar ik ben toch een onbelangrijk man!’ zei Hazaël. ‘Zoiets zou ik nooit kunnen doen!’ Maar Elisa zei: ‘De Here heeft mij laten zien dat u koning van Syrië zult worden.’ 14 Toen Hazaël terugkwam, vroeg de koning hem: ‘En, wat heeft hij u verteld?’ Hazaël antwoordde: ‘Hij zei dat u weer beter zult worden.’ 15 Maar de volgende dag doopte Hazaël een deken in water en drukte die op het gezicht van de koning, net zolang tot hij stikte. Zo werd Hazaël koning van Syrië.
16 Koning Joram, de zoon van koning Josafat van Juda, kwam aan de macht in het vijfde regeringsjaar van koning Joram van Israël, de zoon van Achab. 17 Joram van Juda was tweeëndertig jaar toen hij koning werd en hij regeerde acht jaar vanuit Jeruzalem. 18 Maar hij was net zo slecht als Achab en zondigde net zo tegen de Here als de koningen van Israël, hij trouwde zelfs met een van Achabs dochters. 19 Desondanks vernietigde God Juda niet, want Hij had David beloofd zijn nakomelingen te beschermen en te leiden. 20 Tijdens Jorams bewind kwamen de Edomieten in opstand tegen Juda en benoemden een eigen koning. 21 Koning Joram probeerde zonder succes de opstand de kop in te drukken, hij stak de Jordaan over en viel de stad Zaïr aan, maar hij werd al snel omsingeld door het leger van Edom. ʼs Nachts brak hij door de linies van Edom, zodat zijn leger kon ontkomen. 22 Zo wist Edom tot op de dag van vandaag zijn onafhankelijkheid te behouden. In die tijd kwam ook Libna in opstand.
23 De rest van de geschiedenis van koning Joram is beschreven in de Kronieken van de koningen van Juda. 24,25 Hij stierf en werd begraven op de koninklijke begraafplaats in de Stad van David, het oude gedeelte van Jeruzalem. Zijn zoon Ahazia werd de nieuwe koning. Dat gebeurde in het twaalfde regeringsjaar van koning Joram van Israël, de zoon van Achab. 26 Ahazia was tweeëntwintig jaar toen hij de troon besteeg, maar hij hield het slechts een jaar uit in Jeruzalem. Zijn moeder was Athalia, een kleindochter van koning Omri van Israël. 27 Ahazia was een goddeloze koning, net als de nakomelingen van koning Achab, hij was namelijk door zijn huwelijk met Achabs familie verwant. 28 Hij koos de kant van koning Joram van Israël, de zoon van Achab, en samen streden zij tegen koning Hazaël van Syrië bij Ramot in Gilead. Koning Joram werd in de veldslag gewond, 29 en ging daarom naar Jizreël om weer op krachten te komen en zijn wonden te laten genezen. Tijdens zijn verblijf daar kwam koning Ahazia van Juda hem opzoeken.
2 Kings 8
New King James Version
2 Kings 8
New King James Version
The King Restores the Shunammite’s Land
8 Then Elisha spoke to the woman (A)whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the Lord (B)has called for a (C)famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.” 2 So the woman arose and did according to the saying of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land. 4 Then the king talked with (D)Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.” 5 Now it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that there was the woman whose son he had (E)restored to life, appealing 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.” 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him.
So the king appointed a certain officer for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now.”
Death of Ben-Hadad
7 Then Elisha went to Damascus, and (F)Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” 8 And the king said to (G)Hazael, (H)“Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and (I)inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’ ” 9 So (J)Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’ ”
10 And Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover.’ However the Lord has shown me that (K)he will really die.” 11 Then he [a]set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God (L)wept. 12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”
He answered, “Because I know (M)the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you (N)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”
13 So Hazael said, “But what (O)is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?”
And Elisha answered, (P)“The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”
14 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.” 15 But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.
Jehoram Reigns in Judah(Q)
16 Now (R)in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, (S)Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as [b]king of Judah. 17 He was (T)thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for (U)the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, (V)as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
20 In his days (W)Edom revolted against Judah’s authority, (X)and made a king over themselves. 21 So [c]Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents. 22 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. (Y)And Libnah revolted at that time.
23 Now 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? 24 So Joram [d]rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. Then (Z)Ahaziah[e] his son reigned in his place.
Ahaziah Reigns in Judah(AA)
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was (AB)twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. 27 (AC)And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
28 Now he went (AD)with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at (AE)Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 Then (AF)King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at [f]Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. (AG)And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 8:11 fixed his gaze
- 2 Kings 8:16 Co-regent with his father
- 2 Kings 8:21 Jehoram, v. 16
- 2 Kings 8:24 Died and joined his ancestors
- 2 Kings 8:24 Or Azariah or Jehoahaz
- 2 Kings 8:29 Ramoth, v. 28
2 Kings 8
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2 Kings 8
New International Version
The Shunammite’s Land Restored
8 Now Elisha had said to the woman(A) whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine(B) in the land that will last seven years.”(C) 2 The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. 4 The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.” 5 Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored(D) the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.
Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” 6 The king asked the woman about it, and she told him.
Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, “Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.”
Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad
7 Elisha went to Damascus,(E) and Ben-Hadad(F) king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” 8 he said to Hazael,(G) “Take a gift(H) with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult(I) the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. 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 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover.’(J) Nevertheless,[a] the Lord has revealed to me that he will in fact die.” 11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed.(K) Then the man of God began to weep.(L)
12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.
“Because I know the harm(M) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(N) their little children(O) to the ground, and rip open(P) their pregnant women.”
13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog,(Q) accomplish such a feat?”
“The Lord has shown me that you will become king(R) of Aram,” answered Elisha.
14 Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. When Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king’s face, so that he died.(S) Then Hazael succeeded him as king.
Jehoram King of Judah(T)
16 In the fifth year of Joram(U) son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram(V) son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah. 17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(W) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy(X) Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp(Y) for David and his descendants forever.
20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.(Z) 21 So Jehoram[b] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. 22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion(AA) against Judah. Libnah(AB) revolted at the same time.
23 As for the other events of Jehoram’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 24 Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.
Ahaziah King of Judah(AC)
25 In the twelfth(AD) year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah,(AE) a granddaughter of Omri(AF) king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab(AG) and did evil(AH) in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(AI) The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreel(AJ) to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[c] in his battle with Hazael(AK) king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah(AL) son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 8:10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.
- 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24
- 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
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