12:008:003 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 king for her house and for her land.
12:008:004 And 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.
12:008:005 And 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.
12:008:006 And 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.
12:008:007 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad
the king of Syria
was
sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is
come
hither.
12:008:008 And 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?
12:008:009 So 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 Benhadad king
of
Syria
hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
disease?
12:008:010 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto
him, Thou mayest
certainly
recover: howbeit the lord hath shewed me
that he
shall
surely die.
12:008:011 And he settled his countenance stedfastly,
until he was
ashamed:
and the man of God wept.
12:008:012 And 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.
12:008:013 And 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.
12:008:014 So 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.
12:008:015 And 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.


