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And he fixed his gaze and stared at him,
1until 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
2the 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
3and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women."
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And Hazael said, "What is your servant,
4who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered,
5"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
6that 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
7Joram 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
8thirty-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
9the 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,
10since he promised to give
11a 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
12a king of their own.
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Then Joram passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army
13fled home.