2 Kings 8:7-13, 2 Kings 9:1-10 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

2 Kings 8:7-13

Elisha Weeps over Hazael’s Evil

7 Then Elisha came to ^aDamascus. Now ^bBen-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told to him, saying, “^cThe man of God has come here.” 8 And the king said to ^aHazael, “^bTake a present in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and ^cinquire of Yahweh by him, saying, ‘Will I be restored to life from this sickness?’” 9 So Hazael went to meet him and took a present in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “^aYour son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I be restored to life from this sickness?’” 10 Then Elisha said to him, “^aGo, say to him, ‘You will surely be restored to life,’ but ^bYahweh has shown me that he will certainly die.” 11 And he ¹fixed his gaze steadily on him ^auntil he was ashamed, and ^bthe man of God wept. 12 Then Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he said, “Because ^aI know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you ^bwill dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up.” 13 Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, ^awho is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha ¹answered, “^bYahweh has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

2 Kings 9:1-10

Jehu Anointed King over Israel

Now Elisha the prophet called one of ^athe sons of the prophets and said to him, “^bGird up your loins, and ^ctake this flask of oil in your hand and go to ^dRamoth-gilead. 2 And you will come there and look there for ^aJehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi. And you will come in and ¹^bbid him arise from among his brothers. And you will cause him to come in to an inner room. 3 Then you will take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “^aI have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”
4 So ^athe young man—the young man of the prophet—went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 Then he came, and behold, the commanders of the military were sitting, and he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “¹For which one of us?” And he said, “For you, O commander.” 6 And he arose and came into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^aI have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel. 7 And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, ^athat I may avenge ^bthe blood of My slaves the prophets, and the blood of all the slaves of Yahweh, ^cat the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and ^aI will cut off from Ahab ^bevery ¹male person ^cboth bond and free in Israel. 9 ^aAnd I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and ^blike the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 ^aAnd the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the ¹property of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.