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Bumalik ang Babae na Taga-Shunem

Kinausap ni Eliseo ang ina ng batang lalaki na kanyang binuhay, “Dalhin mo ang iyong pamilya at manirahan kayo sa ibang lugar dahil nagpadala ang Panginoon ng taggutom sa Israel na tatagal ng pitong taon.” Kaya sinunod ng babae ang sinabi sa kanya ng lingkod ng Dios. Umalis siya at ang pamilya niya, at nanirahan sa lupain ng mga Filisteo sa loob ng pitong taon.

Pagkatapos ng pitong taon, bumalik siya sa Israel at pumunta sa hari para magmakaawa na ibalik sa kanya ang bahay at lupa niya. Habang pumapasok siya, nakikipag-usap ang hari kay Gehazi na katulong ni Eliseo. Sinabi ng hari, “Sabihin mo sa akin ang lahat ng kamangha-manghang bagay na ginawa ni Eliseo.” Habang ikinukwento ni Gehazi sa hari kung paano binuhay ni Eliseo ang isang batang namatay, lumapit sa hari ang ina ng bata at nagmakaawa na maibalik ang bahay at lupa niya. Sinabi ni Gehazi, “Mahal na Hari, ito po ang babae at ang anak niyang binuhay ni Eliseo.” Tinanong ng hari ang babae kung totoo ba ang tungkol doon at sinabi ng babae na totoo iyon. Kaya nagpatawag ang hari ng isang opisyal para tulungan ang babae. Sinabi niya sa opisyal, “Tulungan mo siyang maibalik ang lahat ng nawala sa kanya, kasama ang lahat ng perang dapat kinita niya na galing sa bukid niya mula nang siyaʼy umalis hanggang ngayon.”

Pinatay ni Hazael si Ben Hadad

Pumunta si Eliseo sa Damascus, kung saan naroon ang may sakit na si Ben Hadad na hari ng Aram.[a] Nang mabalitaan ng hari na dumating ang lingkod ng Dios, sinabi niya kay Hazael, “Magdala ka ng regalo at salubungin mo ang lingkod ng Dios. Sabihin mo sa kanya na tanungin ang Panginoon kung gagaling pa ako sa aking sakit.”

Kaya pumunta si Hazael kay Eliseo na may dalang 40 kamelyo na kinargahan ng pinakamagandang produkto ng Damascus bilang regalo. Pagdating niya kay Eliseo, sinabi niya, “Inutusan po ako ng lingkod[b] ninyong si Haring Ben Hadad ng Aram, para tanungin kayo kung gagaling pa siya sa sakit niya.” 10 Sumagot si Eliseo, “Sabihin mo sa kanya na siguradong gagaling siya, pero sinabi sa akin ng Panginoon na tiyak na mamamatay siya.” 11 Tinitigan niyang mabuti si Hazael hanggang sa nahiya ito. Pagkatapos, umiyak si Eliseo. 12 Tinanong siya ni Hazael, “Ginoo, bakit po kayo umiiyak?” Sumagot siya, “Dahil nalalaman ko ang masamang gagawin mo sa mga Israelita. Susunugin mo ang matatatag na lungsod, papatayin mo ang mga binata nila sa pamamagitan ng espada, ihahampas mo ang maliliit nilang anak at hahatiin mo ang tiyan ng mga buntis.” 13 Sumagot si Hazael, “Paano magagawa ng isang aliping katulad ko ang mga bagay na yan. Gayong akoʼy isang hamak na tagasunod lang?[c]” Sumagot si Eliseo, “Ipinakita sa akin ng Panginoon na magiging hari ka ng Aram.”

14 Umalis si Hazael at bumalik sa amo niya na si Haring Ben Hadad. Tinanong siya ni Ben Hadad, “Ano ang sinabi ni Eliseo sa iyo?” Sumagot si Hazael, “Sinabi niya po sa akin na tiyak na gagaling kayo.” 15 Pero nang sumunod na araw, kumuha si Hazael ng makapal na tela, isinawsaw ito sa tubig at itinakip sa mukha ng hari hanggang sa mamatay ito. Kaya si Hazael ang pumalit bilang hari ng Aram.

Ang Paghahari ni Jehoram sa Juda(A)

16 Naging hari ng Juda ang anak ni Jehoshafat na si Jehoram nang ikalimang taon ng paghahari ni Joram sa Israel. Si Joram ay anak ni Ahab. 17 Si Jehoram ay 32 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya sa loob ng walong taon. 18 Sumunod siya sa pamumuhay ng mga hari ng Israel, tulad ng ginawa ng pamilya ni Ahab, dahil naging asawa niya ang anak nito. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon. 19 Pero dahil kay David, hindi winasak ng Panginoon ang Juda dahil nangako ang Panginoon na hindi mawawalan si David ng angkan na maghahari magpakailanman.[d]

20 Nang panahon ng paghahari ni Jehoram, nagrebelde ang Edom sa Juda at pumili sila ng sarili nilang hari. 21 Kaya pumunta si Jehoram sa Zair dala ang lahat ng kanyang karwahe. Pinalibutan sila ng mga Edomita. Ngunit kinagabihan, sinalakay nila ang mga Edomita, nakalusot sila at nakatakas. Pagkatapos, nagsiuwi ang mga sundalo niya sa tolda nila. 22 Hanggang ngayon, nagrerebelde pa rin ang Edom sa Juda. Sa panahon ding iyon, nagrebelde rin ang Libna.

23 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Jehoram, at ang lahat na ginawa niya at pagtatagumpay ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel. 24 Nang mamatay si Jehoram, inilibing siya sa libingan ng mga ninuno niya sa Lungsod ni David. At ang anak niyang si Ahazia ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang Paghahari ni Ahazia sa Juda(B)

25 Naging hari ng Juda ang anak ni Jehoram na si Ahazia nang ika-12 taon ng paghahari ni Joram sa Israel. Si Joram ay anak ni Ahab. 26 Si Ahazia ay 22 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya sa loob ng isang taon. Ang ina niya ay si Atalia na apo ni Haring Omri ng Israel. 27 Sumunod siya sa pamumuhay ng pamilya ni Ahab. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon gaya ng ginawa ng pamilya ni Ahab dahil ginawa niyang asawa ang isa sa kapamilya nito. 28-29 Sumama si Ahazia sa anak ni Ahab na si Joram sa pakikipaglaban kay Haring Hazael ng Aram. Nakipaglaban sila sa Ramot Gilead at nasugatan si Joram. Umuwi si Haring Joram sa lungsod ng Jezreel para magpagaling ng sugat niya. Habang naroon siya, dinalaw siya ni Haring Ahazia ng Juda.

Footnotes

  1. 8:7 Aram: o, Syria.
  2. 8:9 lingkod: sa Hebreo, anak.
  3. 8:13 Gayong akoʼy … lang: sa literal, Para lang akong aso.
  4. 8:19 nangako … magpakailanman: sa literal, nangako ang Panginoon na bibigyan niya si David at ang kanyang angkan ng ilaw magpakailanman.

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

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) 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.

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. 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.” 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.” 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

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,” 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?’”

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

  1. 2 Kings 8:10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.
  2. 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24
  3. 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth

The Shunammite's Land Restored

Now Elisha had said to the woman (A)whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord (B)has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for (C)seven years.” So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land. Now the king was talking with (D)Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.” And while he was telling the king how (E)Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”

Hazael Murders Ben-hadad

Now Elisha came to (F)Damascus. (G)Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,” the king said to (H)Hazael, (I)“Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, (J)and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, (K)“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 10 And Elisha said to him, (L)“Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,’ but[a] the Lord has shown me that (M)he shall certainly die.” 11 And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, (N)until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. 12 And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know (O)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 (P)and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 And Hazael said, “What is your servant, (Q)who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, (R)“The Lord has shown me that you are to be 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 (S)that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took the bed cloth[b] and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16 In the fifth year of (T)Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah,[c] Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign. 17 He was (U)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, as the house of Ahab had done, for (V)the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 19 Yet the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, (W)since he promised to give (X)a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

20 In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up (Y)a king of their own. 21 Then Joram[d] passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army (Z)fled home. 22 (AA)So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then (AB)Libnah revolted at the same 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 slept with his fathers and was buried (AC)with his fathers in the city of David, and (AD)Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

25 (AE)In the (AF)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 (AG)twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah; she was (AH)a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.

28 He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against (AI)Hazael king of Syria at (AJ)Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 (AK)And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at (AL)Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And (AM)Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:10 Some manuscripts say, ‘You shall certainly not recover,’ for
  2. 2 Kings 8:15 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  3. 2 Kings 8:16 Septuagint, Syriac lack when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah
  4. 2 Kings 8:21 Joram (also verses 23, 24) is an alternate spelling of Jehoram (son of Jehoshaphat), mentioned in verses 16, 25, 29