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1Or Eliseo avea detto alla donna di cui avea risuscitato il figliuolo: "Lèvati, vattene, tu con la tua famiglia, a soggiornare all’estero, dove potrai; perché l’Eterno ha chiamata la carestia, e difatti essa verrà nel paese per sette anni". 2E la donna si levò, e fece come le avea detto l’uomo di Dio; se ne andò con la sua famiglia, e soggiornò per sette anni nel paese de’ Filistei. 3Finiti i sette anni, quella donna tornò dal paese de’ Filistei, e andò a ricorrere al re per riavere la sua casa e le sue terre. 4Or il re discorreva con Ghehazi, servo dell’uomo di Dio, e gli diceva: "Ti prego raccontami tutte le cose grandi che ha fatte Eliseo". 5E mentre appunto Ghehazi raccontava al re come Eliseo avea risuscitato il morto, ecco che la donna, di cui era stato risuscitato il figliuolo, venne a ricorrere al re per riavere la sua casa e le sue terre. E Ghehazi disse: "O re, mio signore, questa è quella donna, e questo è il suo figliuolo, che Eliseo ha risuscitato". 6Il re interrogò la donna, che gli raccontò tutto; e il re le dette un eunuco, al quale disse: "Falle restituire tutto quello ch’è suo, e tutte le rendite delle terre, dal giorno in cui ella lasciò il paese, fino ad ora". 7Or Eliseo si recò a Damasco; Ben-Hadad, re di Siria, era ammalato, e gli fu riferito che l’uomo di Dio era giunto colà. 8Allora il re disse ad Hazael: "Prendi teco un regalo, va’ incontro all’uomo di Dio, e consulta per mezzo di lui l’Eterno, per sapere se io guarirò da questa malattia". 9Hazael dunque andò incontro ad Eliseo, portando seco in regalo tutto quello che v’era di meglio in Damasco: un carico di quaranta cammelli. Come fu giunto, si presentò ad Eliseo, e gli disse: "Il tuo figliuolo Ben-Hadad, re di Siria, mi ha mandato a te per dirti: "Guarirò io da questa malattia?" 10Eliseo gli rispose: "Vagli a dire: Guarirai di certo. Ma l’Eterno m’ha fatto vedere che di sicuro morrà". 11E l’uomo di Dio posò lo sguardo sopra Hazael, e lo fissò così a lungo, da farlo arrossire, poi si mise a piangere. 12Hazael disse: "Perché piange il mio signore?" Eliseo rispose: "Perché so il male che tu farai ai figliuoli d’Israele; tu darai alle fiamme le loro fortezze, ucciderai la loro gioventù con la spada, schiaccerai i loro bambini, e sventrerai le loro donne incinte". 13Hazael disse: "Ma che cos’è mai il tuo servo, questo cane, per fare delle cose sì grandi?" Eliseo rispose: "L’Eterno m’ha fatto vedere che tu sarai re di Siria". 14Hazael si partì da Eliseo e tornò dal suo signore, che gli chiese: "Che t’ha detto Eliseo?" Quegli rispose: "Mi ha detto che guarirai di certo". 15Il giorno dopo, Hazael prese una coperta, la tuffò nell’acqua, e la distese sulla faccia di Ben-Hadad, che morì. E Hazael regnò in luogo suo. 16Or l’anno quinto di Joram, figliuolo di Achab, re d’Israele, Jehoram, figliuolo di Giosafat re di Giuda, cominciò a regnare su Giuda. 17Avea trentadue anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò otto anni in Gerusalemme. 18E camminò per la via dei re d’Israele, come avea fatto la casa di Achab; poiché avea per moglie una figliuola di Achab; e fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno. 19Nondimeno l’Eterno non volle distrugger Giuda, per amor di Davide suo servo, conformemente alla promessa fattagli di lasciar sempre una lampada a lui ed ai suoi figliuoli. 20Ai tempi suoi, Edom si ribellò, sottraendosi al giogo di Giuda e si dette un re. 21Allora Joram passò a Tsair con tutti i suoi carri; e una notte si levò, e sconfisse gli Edomiti che lo aveano accerchiato e i capitani dei carri; e la gente di Joram poté fuggire alle proprie case. 22Così Edom si è ribellato e si è sottratto al giogo di Giuda fino al dì d’oggi. In quel medesimo tempo, anche Libna si ribellò. 23Il rimanente delle azioni di Joram e tutto quello che fece, si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda. 24E Joram si addormentò coi suoi padri, e coi suoi padri fu sepolto nella città di Davide. E Achazia, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo. 25L’anno dodicesimo di Joram, figliuolo di Achab, re d’Israele, Achazia, figliuolo di Jehoram re di Giuda, cominciò a regnare. 26Aveva ventidue anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò un anno in Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Athalia, nipote di Omri, re d’Israele. 27Egli camminò per la via della casa di Achab, e fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, come la casa di Achab, perché era imparentato con la casa di Achab. 28E andò con Joram, figliuolo di Achab, a combattere contro Hazael, re di Siria, a Ramoth di Galaad; e i Siri ferirono Joram; 29e il re Joram tornò a Izreel per farsi curare delle ferite che avea ricevute dai Siri a Ramah, quando combatteva contro Hazael, re di Siria. Ed Achazia, figliuolo di Jehoram re di Giuda, scese ad Izreel a vedere Joram, figliuolo di Achab, perché questi era ammalato.

1Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It shall also come on the land seven years.” 2The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3At the seven years’ end, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to cry to the king for her house and for her land. 4Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.” 5As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.” 6When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to 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.” 7Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. It was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” 8The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 9So 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, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 10Elisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You shall surely recover;’ however Yahweh has shown me that he shall surely die.” 11He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept. 12Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.” 13Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Syria.” 14Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.” 15On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place. 16In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 17He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife. He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh. 19However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always. 20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents. 22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. 23The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place. 25In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26Twenty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. 28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

1Elisa nu had gesproken tot die vrouw, welker zoon hij levend gemaakt had, zeggende: Maak u op, en ga heen, gij en uw huisgezin, en verkeer als vreemdeling, waar gij verkeren kunt; want de HEERE heeft een honger geroepen, die ook in het land zeven jaren komen zal. 2En de vrouw had zich opgemaakt, en had gedaan naar het woord van den man Gods; want zij was gegaan met haar huisgezin, en had als vreemdeling verkeerd in het land der Filistijnen, zeven jaren. 3En het geschiedde met het einde der zeven jaren, dat de vrouw uit het land der Filistijnen wederkeerde; en zij ging uit, dat zij tot den koning riep, om haar huis en om haar akker. 4De koning nu sprak tot Gehazi, den jongen van den man Gods, zeggende: Vertel mij toch al de grote dingen, die Elisa gedaan heeft. 5En het geschiedde, als hij den koning vertelde, hoe hij een dode had levend gemaakt, ziet, zo riep de vrouw, welker zoon hij levend gemaakt had, tot den koning, om haar huis en om haar akker. Toen zeide Gehazi: Mijn heer koning! Dit is de vrouw, en dit is haar zoon, dien Elisa heeft levend gemaakt. 6En de koning ondervraagde de vrouw, en zij vertelde het hem. Toen gaf de koning haar een kamerling, zeggende: Doe haar wederhebben alles, wat het hare was, daartoe alle inkomsten des akkers, van den dag af, dat zij het land verlaten heeft, tot nu toe. 7Daarna kwam Elisa te Damaskus, als Benhadad, de koning van Syrie, krank was; en men boodschapte hem, zeggende: De man Gods is herwaarts gekomen. 8Toen zeide de koning tot Hazael: Neem een geschenk in uw hand, en ga den man Gods tegemoet; en vraag door hem den HEERE, zeggende: Zal ik van deze krankheid genezen? 9Zo ging Hazael hem tegemoet, en nam een geschenk in zijn hand, te weten, alle goed van Damaskus, een last van veertig kemelen; en hij kwam, en stond voor zijn aangezicht, en zeide: Uw zoon Benhadad, de koning van Syrie, heeft mij tot u gezonden, om te zeggen: Zal ik van deze krankheid genezen? 10En Elisa zeide tot hem: Ga, zeg, gij zult ganselijk niet genezen; want de HEERE heeft mij getoond, dat hij den dood sterven zal. 11En hij hield zijn gezicht staande, en zette het vast tot schamens toe; en de man Gods weende. 12Toen zeide Hazael: Waarom weent mijn heer? En hij zeide: omdat ik weet, wat kwaad gij den kinderen Israels doen zult; gij zult hun sterkten in het vuur zetten, en hun jonge manschap met het zwaard doden, en hun jonge kinderen verpletteren, en hun zwangere vrouwen opensnijden. 13En Hazael zeide: Maar wat is uw knecht, die een hond is, dat hij deze grote zaak doen zou? En Elisa zeide: De HEERE heeft mij getoond, dat gij koning zijn zult over Syrie. 14Zo ging hij weg van Elisa, en kwam tot zijn heer, die tot hem zeide: Wat heeft Elisa tot u gezegd? En hij zeide: Hij heeft tot mij gezegd: Gij zult zekerlijk genezen. 15En het geschiedde des anderen daags, dat hij een deken nam, en in het water doopte, en over zijn aangezicht uitspreidde, dat hij stierf; en Hazael werd koning in zijn plaats. 16In het vijfde jaar nu van Joram, den zoon van Achab, den koning van Israel, toen Josafat koning was van Juda, begon Jehoram, de zoon van Josafat, den koning van Juda, te regeren. 17Hij was twee en dertig jaren oud, toen hij koning werd, en hij regeerde acht jaren te Jeruzalem. 18En hij wandelde op den weg der koningen van Israel, gelijk als het huis van Achab deed; want de dochter van Achab was hem ter vrouw geworden; en hij deed dat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN. 19Doch de HEERE wilde Juda niet verderven, om Davids Zijns knechts wil; gelijk als Hij hem gezegd had, dat Hij hem te allen tijde voor zijn zonen een lamp zou geven. 20In zijn dagen vielen de Edomieten van onder het gebied van Juda af, en maakten een koning over zich. 21Daarom toog Joram over naar Zair, en al de wagenen met hem; en hij maakte zich des nachts op, en sloeg de Edomieten, die rondom hem waren, daartoe de oversten der wagenen; en het volk vlood in zijn hutten. 22De Edomieten evenwel vielen van onder het gebied van Juda af, tot op dezen dag; toen viel Libna af in denzelfden tijd. 23Het overige nu der geschiedenissen van Joram, en alles wat hij gedaan heeft, is dat niet geschreven in het boek der kronieken der koningen van Juda? 24En Joram ontsliep met zijn vaderen, en werd begraven bij zijn vaderen, in de stad Davids; en Ahazia, zijn zoon, werd koning in zijn plaats. 25In het twaalfde jaar van Joram, den zoon van Achab, den koning van Israel, begon Ahazia, de zoon van Jeroham, den koning van Juda, te regeren. 26Twee en twintig jaren was Ahazia oud, als hij koning werd, en regeerde een jaar te Jeruzalem; en de naam zijner moeder was Athalia, de dochter van Omri, den koning van Israel. 27En hij wandelde in den weg van het huis van Achab, en deed dat kwaad was in de ogen des HEEREN, gelijk het huis van Achab; want hij was een schoonzoon van het huis van Achab. 28En hij toog met Joram, den zoon van Achab, naar den strijd, te Ramoth in Gilead, tegen Hazael, den koning van Syrie; en de Syriers sloegen Joram. 29Toen keerde Joram, de koning wederom, opdat hij zich te Jizreel helen liet van de slagen, die hem de Syriers te Rama geslagen hadden, als hij streed tegen Hazael den koning van Syrie; en Ahazia, de zoon van Jehoram, de koning van Juda, kwam af, om Joram, den zoon van Achab, te Jizreel te bezien, want hij was krank.