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And Elisha said to him,
1"Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that
2he shall certainly die."
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And he fixed his gaze and stared at him,
3until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.
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And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know
4the 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
5and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women."
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And Hazael said, "What is your servant,
6who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered,
7"The LORD has shown me that you are to be king over Syria."
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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
8that you would certainly recover."
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But the next day he took the bed cloth 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
9Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.
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He was
10thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for
11the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant,
12since he promised to give
13a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
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In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up
14a king of their own.