II Kings 8

ve'elisha dibber el-ha'isha asher-hekheyah et-benah lemor qumi ulekhi (ty) [at] uvetekh veguri ba'asher taguri ki-qara Adonai lara'av vegam-ba el-ha'arets sheva shanim

Elisha had said to the woman whose son he revived, “Leave immediately with your family and go sojourn somewhere else; for GOD has decreed a seven-year famine upon the land, and it has already begun.”

vattaqom ha'isha vatta'as kidvar ish ha'elohim vattelekh hi uvetah vattagor be'erets-pelishtim sheva shanim

The woman had done as the agent of God had spoken; she left with her family and sojourned in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

vayehi miqtseh sheva shanim vattashov ha'isha me'erets pelishtim vattetse litsoq el-hammelekh el-betah ve'el-sadah

At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to the king to complain about her house and farm.

vehammelekh medabber el-gekhazi na'ar ish-ha'elohim lemor sapperah-nna li et kol-haggedolot asher-asah elisha

Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the agent of God, and he said, “Tell me all the wonderful things that Elisha has done.”

vayehi hu mesapper lammelekh et asher-hekheyah et-hammet vehinneh ha'isha asher-hekheyah et-benah tso'eqet el-hammelekh al-betah ve'al-sadah vayyomer gekhazi adoni hammelekh zot ha'isha vezeh-bbenah asher-hekheyah elisha

While he was telling the king how [Elisha] had revived a dead person, in came the woman whose son he had revived, complaining to the king about her house and farm. “My lord king,” said Gehazi, “this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha revived.”

vayyishal hammelekh la'isha vattesapper-lo vayyitten-lah hammelekh saris ekhad lemor hashev et-kol-asher-lah ve'et kol-tevu'ot hassadeh miyyom ozvah et-ha'arets ve'ad-attah

The king questioned the woman, and she told him [the story]; so the king assigned a eunuch to her and instructed him: “Restore all her property, and all the revenue from her farm from the time she left the country until now.”

vayyavo elisha dammeseq uven-hadad melekh-aram kholeh vayyuggad-lo lemor ba ish ha'elohim ad-hennah

Elisha arrived in Damascus at a time when King Ben-hadad of Aram was ill. The king was told, “The agent of God is on his way here,”

vayyomer hammelekh el-khazahel qakh beyadekha minkhah velekh liqrat ish ha'elohim vedarashta et-Adonai me'oto lemor ha'ekhyeh mekholi zeh

and he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go meet the agent of God, and through him inquire of GOD: Will I recover from this illness?”

vayyelekh khaza'el liqrato vayyiqqakh minkhah veyado vekhol-tuv dammeseq massa arba'im gamal vayyavo vayya'amod lefanayw vayyomer binkha ven-hadad melekh-aram shelakhani elekha lemor ha'ekhyeh mekholi zeh

Hazael went to meet him, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the bounty of Damascus. He came and stood before him and said, “Your son, King Ben-hadad of Aram, has sent me to you to ask: Will I recover from this illness?”

vayyomer elayw elisha lekh emor-[lo] (l) khayoh tikhyeh vehirani Adonai ki-mot yamut

Elisha said to him, “Go and say to him, ‘You will recover.’ However, GOD has revealed to me that he will die.”

vayya'amed et-panayw vayyasem ad-bosh vayyevk ish ha'elohim

The agent of God kept his face expressionless for a long time; and then he wept.

vayyomer khaza'el maddua adoni vokheh vayyomer ki-yadati et asher-ta'aseh livne yisra'el ra'ah mivtserehem teshallakh ba'esh uvakhurehem bakherev taharog ve'olelehem terattesh veharotehem tevaqqea

“Why does my lord weep?” asked Hazael. “Because I know,” he replied, “what harm you will do to the Israelite people: you will set their fortresses on fire, put their young men to the sword, dash their little ones in pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

vayyomer khazahel ki mah avdekha hakkelev ki ya'aseh haddavar haggadol hazzeh vayyomer elisha hirani Adonai otekha melekh al-aram

“But how,” asked Hazael, “can your servant, who is a mere dog, perform such a mighty deed?” Elisha replied, “GOD has shown me a vision of you as king of Aram.”

vayyelekh me'et elisha vayyavo el-adonayw vayyomer lo mah-amar lekha elisha vayyomer amar li khayoh tikhyeh

He left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He replied, “He told me that you would recover.”

vayehi mimmokhorat vayyiqqakh hammakhber vayyitbol bammayim vayyifros al-panayw vayyamot vayyimlokh khazahel takhtayw

The next day, [Hazael] took a piece of netting, dipped it in water, and spread it over his face. So [Ben-hadad] died, and Hazael succeeded him as king.

uvishnat khamesh leyoram ben-akhav melekh yisra'el vihoshafat melekh yehudah malakh yehoram ben-yehoshafat melekh yehudah

In the fifth year of King Joram son of Ahab of Israel—Jehoshaphat had been king of Judah—Joram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah became king.

ben-sheloshim ushetayim shanah hayah vemolkho ushemoneh (shnh) [shanim] malakh birushalai͏m

He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

vayyelekh bederekh malkhe yisra'el ka'asher asu bet akhav ki bat-akhav hayetah lo le'isha vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai

He followed the practices of the kings of Israel—whatever the House of Ahab did, for he had married a daughter of Ahab—and he did what was displeasing to GOD.

velo-avah Adonai lehashkhit et-yehudah lema'an david avdo ka'asher amar-lo latet lo nir levanayw kol-hayyamim

However, GOD refrained from destroying Judah, for the sake of God’s servant David, in accordance with God’s promise to maintain a lamp for his descendants for all time.

beyamayw pasha edom mittakhat yad-yehudah vayyamlikhu alehem melekh

During his reign, the Edomites rebelled against Judah’s rule and set up a king of their own.

vayya'avor yoram tsa'irah vekhol-harekhev immo vayehi-hu qam laylah vayyakkeh et-edom hassovev elayw ve'et sare harekhev vayyanos ha'am le'ohalayw

Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariotry. He arose by night and attacked the Edomites, who were surrounding him and the chariot commanders; but his troops fled to their homes.

vayyifsha edom mittakhat yad-yehudah ad hayyom hazzeh az tifsha livnah ba'et hahi

Thus Edom fell away from Judah, as is still the case. Libnah likewise fell away at that time.

veyeter divre yoram vekhol-asher asah halo-hem ketuvim al-sefer divre hayyamim lemalkhe yehudah

The other events of Joram’s reign, and all his actions, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

vayyishkav yoram im-avotayw vayyiqqaver im-avotayw be'ir david vayyimlokh akhazyahu veno takhtayw

Joram rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David; his son Ahaziah succeeded him as king.

bishnat shetem-esreh shanah leyoram ben-akhav melekh yisra'el malakh akhazyahu ven-yehoram melekh yehudah

In the twelfth year of King Joram son of Ahab of Israel, Ahaziah son of Joram became king of Judah.

ben-esrim ushetayim shanah akhazyahu vemolkho veshanah akhat malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo atalyahu bat-omri melekh yisra'el

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year; his mother’s name was Athaliah daughter of King Omri of Israel.

vayyelekh bederekh bet akhav vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai kevet akhav ki khatan bet-akhav hu

He walked in the ways of the House of Ahab and did what was displeasing to GOD, like the House of Ahab, for he was related by marriage to the House of Ahab.

vayyelekh et-yoram ben-akhav lammilkhamah im-khaza'el melekh-aram beramot gilad vayyakku arammim et-yoram

He marched with Joram son of Ahab to battle against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, but the Arameans wounded Joram.

vayyashov yoram hammelekh lehitrappe veyizre'el min-hammakkim asher yakkuhu arammim baramah behillakhamo et-khazahel melekh aram va'akhazyahu ven-yehoram melekh yehudah yarad lirot et-yoram ben-akhav beyizre'el ki-kholeh hu

King Joram retired to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted upon him at Ramah, when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. And King Ahaziah son of Joram of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab while he was ill.