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a thick cloth, and dipped
it
in water, and spread
it
on 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
being
then 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 L
ORD
.
19
Yet the L
ORD
would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s
sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light,
and
to 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,
are
they 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
was
Ahaziah when he began to reign;
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
was
Athaliah, 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
L
ORD
, as
did
the house of Ahab: for he
was
the 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
Ramoth-gilead; 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.
CHAPTER KINGS 9
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 Ramoth-gilead:
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
it
on his head, and say, Thus saith the L
ORD
, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then
open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
4
So the young man,
even
the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
5
And when he
came, behold, the captains of the host
were
sitting; 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
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