These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Kings 8
Tanakh 29 verses
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Now had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: ‘Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.’
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Haggai 1:11 2 Kings 4:31-35 Psalm 105:16 2 Kings 4:18 Genesis 12:10 Ruth 1:1 Leviticus 26:26 Genesis 41:27-28 Luke 4:25 1 Kings 18:2 1 Kings 17:1 Luke 21:22 Genesis 47:4 Genesis 41:32 Psalm 107:34 Leviticus 26:19-20 2 Samuel 21:1 Luke 21:11 Genesis 41:25 Genesis 26:1 Acts 11:28 Deuteronomy 28:38-40 Jeremiah 25:29 2 Samuel 24:13 Deuteronomy 28:22-24 -
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And the woman arose, and did according to the of the man of ; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
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And 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 for her house and for her land.
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Now the was talking with Gehazi the of the man of , saying: ‘Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that hath done.’
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- 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said: ‘My lord, O , this is the woman, and this is her son, whom restored to life.’
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And when the asked the woman, she told him. So the 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.’
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- 7 And came to ; and Ben-hadad the of Aram was sick; and it was told him, saying. ‘The man of is come hither.’
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And the said unto Hazael: ‘Take a present in thy hand, and go meet the man of , and inquire of by him, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?’
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So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of , forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said: ‘Thy son Ben-hadad of Aram hath sent me to thee, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?’
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- 10 And said unto him: ‘Go, say unto him: Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit hath shown me that he shall surely die.’
- 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon him, until he was ashamed; and the man of wept.
- 12 And Hazael said: ‘Why weepeth my lord?’ And he answered: ‘Because I the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of : their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.’
- 13 And Hazael said: ‘But what is thy , who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?’ And answered: ‘The hath shown me that thou shalt be over Aram.’
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Then he departed from , and came to his master, who said to him: ‘What said to thee?’ And he answered: ‘He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.’
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- 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his , so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead.
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And in the fifth year of Joram the son of of , Jehoshaphat being the of , Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat of began to reign.
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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in .
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- 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of , as did the house of ; for he had the daughter of to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of .
- 19 Howbeit would not destroy , for His servant’s sake, as He promised him to give unto him a lamp and to his children alway.
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In his days revolted from under the hand of , and made a over themselves.
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Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
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Yet revolted from under the hand of , unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
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And 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 ?
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- 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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In the twelfth year of Joram the son of of did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram of begin to reign.
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Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in . And his mother’s was Athaliah the daughter of Omri of .
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And he walked in the way of the house of , and did that which was evil in the sight of , as did the house of ; for he was the son-in- of the house of .
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- 28 And he went with Joram the son of to war against Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram.
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And Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael of Aram. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram of went down to see Joram the son of in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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