the king came down to him.
18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of
barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time
in the gate of Samaria:
19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, ifthe LORD should make
windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
1 Then 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.
2 And 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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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 isthe woman, and this isher son, whom Elisha
restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain
officer, saying, Restore all that washers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she
left the land, even until now.
7 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.
8 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?
9 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?
10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD
hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
12 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.
13 And Hazael said, But what, isthy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And
Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt beking over Syria.
14 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 thatthou shouldest surely recover.
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped itin water, and
spread iton his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat beingthen king of
Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in
Jerusalem.
18 And 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.

19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to
give him alway a light, andto his children.
20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21 So 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.
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the
same time.
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, arethey not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and
Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah begin to reign.
26 Two and twenty years old wasAhaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name wasAthaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And 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 wasthe son in law of the house of Ahab.
28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in
Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29 And 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.
1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up
thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi,
and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
3 Then take the box of oil, and pour iton his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed
thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4 So the young man, eventhe young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host weresitting; and he said, I have an errand
to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even
over Israel.
7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my
servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth
against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the
house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall benone to bury her.
And he opened the door, and fled.
11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and onesaid unto him, Isall well?
wherefore came this mad fellowto thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his
communication.
12 And they said, It isfalse; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put itunder him on the top of the

stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had
kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had
given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, thenlet
none go forth norescape out of the city to go to tell itin Jezreel.
16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of
Judah was come down to see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he
came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and
let him say, Is itpeace?
18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is itpeace? And
Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying,
The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king,
Is itpeace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the
driving islike the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and
Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him
in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is itpeace, Jehu? And he answered,
What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are somany?
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There istreachery, O Ahaziah.
24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the
arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25 Then said Jehuto Bidkar his captain, Take up, andcast him in the portion of the field of
Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his
father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD;
and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take andcast him into the
plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And
Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did soat the going up
to Gur, which isby Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with
his fathers in the city of David.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired
her head, and looked out at a window.
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, HadZimri peace, who slew his master?
32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who ison my side? who? And there looked
out to him two orthree eunuchs.
33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and someof her blood was sprinkled
on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and
bury her: for she isa king's daughter.
35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the
palms of herhands.