28 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against (A)Hazael king of Syria at (B)Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

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28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(A) The Arameans wounded Joram;

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He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,

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He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram[a] son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(A) The Arameans wounded Joram;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7

But (A)Jehu the son of (B)Hanani (C)the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you (D)help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, (E)wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

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Jehu(A) the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help the wicked(B) and love[a] those who hate the Lord?(C) Because of this, the wrath(D) of the Lord is on you.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 19:2 Or and make alliances with

31 As soon as the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; God drew them away from him.

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31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “This is the king of Israel.” So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out,(A) and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him,

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(A)After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed an abundance of sheep and oxen for him and for the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead. Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” He answered him, “I am as you are, my people as your people. We will be with you in the war.”

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Some years later he went down to see Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack Ramoth Gilead. Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth Gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will join you in the war.”

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15 (A)but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”

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15 but King Joram[a] had returned to Jezreel to recover(A) from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him in the battle with Hazael king of Aram.) Jehu said, “If you desire to make me king, don’t let anyone slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 9:15 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 17 and 21-24

15 But the next day he took the bed cloth[a] and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

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  1. 2 Kings 8:15 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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.(A) Then Hazael succeeded him as king.

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12 And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know (A)the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword (B)and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 And Hazael said, “What is your servant, (C)who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, (D)“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”

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12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm(A) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(B) their little children(C) to the ground, and rip open(D) their pregnant women.”

13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog,(E) accomplish such a feat?”

“The Lord has shown me that you will become king(F) of Aram,” answered Elisha.

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And he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to battle against Moab?” And he said, “I will go. (A)I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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He also sent this message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight(A) against Moab?”

“I will go with you,” he replied. “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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Ahab Killed in Battle

29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

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Ahab Killed at Ramoth Gilead(A)

29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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And the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that (A)Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?” And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, (B)“I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead(A) belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight(B) against Ramoth Gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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17 And the one who escapes from (A)the sword of Hazael (B)shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu (C)shall Elisha put to death.

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17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael,(A) and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu.(B)

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13 Ben-geber, (A)in Ramoth-gilead (he had (B)the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had (C)the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

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13 Ben-Geber—in Ramoth Gilead (the settlements of Jair(A) son of Manasseh in Gilead(B) were his, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan and its sixty large walled cities(C) with bronze gate bars);

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