2 Kings 8

Gen Z: 2 Kings 8

1Elisha told the woman whose son he brought back to life, "Get up, take your fam, and bounce wherever you can, 'cause the Lord's calling a famine for seven years, no cap."

2The woman got up and did what the man of God said; she vibed with her fam and chilled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

3After seven years, the woman bounced back from the Philistines and went to holler at the king about her house and land.

4The king was chatting with Gehazi, Elisha's servant, asking, "Yo, tell me all the dope stuff Elisha's done."

5While Gehazi was spilling the tea about how Elisha brought a dead dude back to life, the woman whose son he revived showed up to the king for her house and land. Gehazi was like, "My lord, this is the woman, and this is her son—Elisha's the GOAT."

6When the king asked the woman, she kept it real. The king told an officer, "Make sure she gets everything back, plus all the crops since she dipped."

7Elisha rolled up to Damascus, and Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, was sick; word got to him that the man of God was in town.

8The king told Hazael, "Grab a gift and go meet the man of God. Ask him if I'm gonna bounce back from this sickness."

9So Hazael went to meet him, bringing a lit gift from Damascus, like forty camels worth, and said, "Your son Ben-hadad, king of Syria, sent me to ask if I'm gonna recover from this disease."

10Elisha replied, "Go tell him he’ll be fine, but the Lord showed me he’s actually gonna die, fr."

11He was straight up shook, like, until he felt embarrassed: and the man of God was just crying, no cap.

12Hazael was like, "Why you crying, fam?" And he said, "Cause I know the savage stuff you gonna do to Israel: you gonna burn their strongholds and take out their young men, and even mess with their kids and pregnant women."

13Hazael was like, "Wait, am I a dog? I ain't about to do all that!" And Elisha was like, "Nah, bro, God showed me you gonna be king of Syria."

14So he bounced from Elisha and went back to his master; who asked, "What did Elisha say?" And he replied, "He said you gonna be good, fr."

15The next day, he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water, and put it on his face, and then he was out: Hazael took over, periodt.

16In the fifth year of Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, and Jehoram, Jehoshaphat's son, started his reign.

17Dude was 32 when he began to reign; he held it down for eight years in Jerusalem.

18He walked the same path as the kings of Israel, just like Ahab's fam: cause Ahab's daughter was his wife, and he was doing evil in the Lord's eyes.

19But the Lord wasn’t gonna wipe out Judah for David's sake, keeping that light on for him and his kids, no cap.

20During his reign, Edom was like, "Nah, we out," and they crowned their own king.

21So Joram pulled up to Zair with all the chariots, and he was like, "Let’s pop off at night," and took out the Edomites surrounding him, while the squad dipped back to their tents.

22But Edom was like, "Nah," and bounced from Judah ever since. Libnah also decided to switch up at the same time.

23All the other things Joram did, are they not in the chronicles of the kings of Judah? That’s gotta be a vibe check.

24Joram passed away and got buried with his fam in the city of David; then his son Ahaziah took the throne.

25In Joram's twelfth year, Ahaziah, son of Jehoram from Judah, started his reign.

26Ahaziah was just 22 when he started ruling, and he held it down for a year in Jerusalem. His mom was Athaliah, daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

27He was walking in Ahab's footsteps, doing some sus stuff in God’s eyes, since he was married into Ahab's fam.

28He teamed up with Joram, son of Ahab, to go to war against Hazael, king of Syria, in Ramoth-gilead; the Syrians got some hits on Joram.

29King Joram bounced back to Jezreel to heal from the wounds the Syrians gave him at Ramah, while Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, went to check on him since he was sick.

KJV: 2 Kings 8

1Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried 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.

6And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

7And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben–hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben–hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

11And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

13And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

19Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23And 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?

24And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

26Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

27And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

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