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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 8

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2 Kings 8 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Kings 8 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 8 of 2 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now 1Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go [a]with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the 2LORD has called for a famine, and 3it will even come on the land for seven years.”
  2. So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
  3. At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to [b]appeal to the king for her house and for her field.
  4. Now the king was talking with 4Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
  5. As he was relating to the king 5how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life [c]appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”
  6. When the king asked the woman, she related it to him. So the king appointed for her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day that she left the land even until now.”
  7. ¶ Then Elisha came to 6Damascus. Now 7Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, “8The man of God has come here.”
  8. The king said to 9Hazael, “10Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and 11inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
  9. So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “12Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
  10. Then Elisha said to him, “13Go, say to him, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the 14LORD has shown me that he will certainly die.”
  11. He [d]fixed his gaze steadily on him 15until he was ashamed, and 16the man of God wept.
  12. Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he [e]answered, “Because 17I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you 18will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”
  13. Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, 19who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha [f]answered, “20The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
  14. So he departed from Elisha and returned to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he [g]answered, “He told me that 21you would surely recover.”
  15. On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, 22so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
  16. ¶ Now in the fifth year of 23Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.
  17. He was 24thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
  18. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for 25the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  19. However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, 26since He had [h]promised him to give a [i]lamp to him through his sons always.
  20. ¶ In his days 27Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
  21. Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; 28but his [j]army fled to their tents.
  22. 29So Edom revolted [k]against Judah to this day. Then 30Libnah revolted at the same time.
  23. 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. ¶ So Joram slept with his fathers and 31was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and 32Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
  25. 33In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
  26. 34Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
  27. 35He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  28. ¶ Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against 36Hazael king of Aram at 37Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans [l]wounded Joram.
  29. So 38King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had [m]inflicted on him at 39Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then 40Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit you and your
  2. ^ Lit cry out
  3. ^ Lit cried out
  4. ^ Lit made his face stand fast and he set
  5. ^ Lit said
  6. ^ Lit said
  7. ^ Lit said
  8. ^ Lit said
  9. ^ I.e. descendant on the throne
  10. ^ Lit the people
  11. ^ Lit from under the hand of
  12. ^ Lit smote
  13. ^ Lit struck

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 4:18, 31-35
  2. ^ Ps 105:16; Hg 1:11
  3. ^ Ge 41:27, 54
  4. ^ 2Ki 4:12; 5:20-27
  5. ^ 2Ki 4:35
  6. ^ 1Ki 11:24
  7. ^ 2Ki 6:24
  8. ^ 2Ki 5:20
  9. ^ 1Ki 19:15, 17
  10. ^ 1Ki 14:3
  11. ^ 2Ki 1:2
  12. ^ 2Ki 5:13
  13. ^ 2Ki 8:14
  14. ^ 2Ki 8:15
  15. ^ 2Ki 2:17
  16. ^ Lu 19:41
  17. ^ 2Ki 10:32, 33; 12:17; 13:3, 7
  18. ^ 2Ki 15:16; Na 3:10
  19. ^ 1Sa 17:43; 2Sa 9:8
  20. ^ 1Ki 19:15
  21. ^ 2Ki 8:10
  22. ^ 2Ki 8:10
  23. ^ 2Ki 1:17; 3:1
  24. ^ 2Ch 21:5-10
  25. ^ 2Ki 8:27
  26. ^ 2Sa 7:12-15; 1Ki 11:36
  27. ^ 1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 3:9, 26, 27; 8:22
  28. ^ 2Sa 18:17; 19:8
  29. ^ Ge 27:40
  30. ^ Jos 21:13; 2Ki 19:8
  31. ^ 2Ch 21:20
  32. ^ 2Ch 21:1, 7
  33. ^ 2Ch 22:1-6
  34. ^ 2Ch 22:2
  35. ^ 2Ch 22:3
  36. ^ 2Ki 8:15
  37. ^ 1Ki 22:3, 29
  38. ^ 2Ki 9:15
  39. ^ 2Ki 8:28; 2Ch 22:5, 6
  40. ^ 2Ki 9:16

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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