1 以利沙告诉那妇人（她的儿子曾被以利沙救活）， 说： "你和你全家要动身， 离开这里， 住在你可以寄居的地方， 因为耶和华宣布了将有饥荒， 这饥荒要临到这地七年。" 2 那妇人就动身， 按照神人所说的去作。她和她的全家离去， 住在非利士地七年。 3 七年结束的时候， 那妇人从非利士地回来， 就去为自己的房屋、田产哀求王。 4 那时王正在和神人的仆人基哈西交谈， 说： "请你向我讲述以利沙所作的一切大事。" 5 他正向王讲述以利沙叫死人复活的事的时候； 看哪， 以利沙曾救活她的儿子的那妇人来为她的房屋、田产哀求王。基哈西说： "我主我王， 这就是那妇人了， 她的这个儿子就是以利沙救活的了。" 6 王问那妇人， 她就告诉他一切事。于是王指派一个太监给他， 说： "把所有属于她的， 以及从她离开此地直到现在， 她田地的一切出产都归还她。" 7 以利沙来到大马士革。亚兰王便．哈达患了病。有人告诉他说： "神人来到这里了。" 8 王对哈薛说： "你带着礼物， 去见神人， 托他求问耶和华说： ‘我这病能痊愈吗？’" 9 于是哈薛去见以利沙。他带着礼物， 就是大马士革各样的美物， 由四十匹骆驼驮着， 去站在他的面前， 说： "你的儿子亚兰王便．哈达派我到你这里来， 问你说： ‘我这病能痊愈吗？’" 10 以利沙对他说： "你去告诉他说： ‘你一定会痊愈的’， 但耶和华指示我， 他一定要死。" 11 以利沙定睛看着他， 直到他感到局促不安； 然后， 神人哭了起来。 12 哈薛说： "我主为什么哭起来了？"他回答： "因为我已知道你要对以色列人施行的恶事。他们的城堡， 你要放火焚烧； 他们的年轻人， 你要用刀杀死； 他们的婴孩， 你要摔死； 他们的孕妇， 你要剖开。" 13 哈薛说： "你仆人算什么？不过是一条狗罢了； 怎可以作这样的大事呢？"以利沙说： "耶和华已指示我， 你要作王统治亚兰。" 14 于是他离开以利沙， 回到他主人那里。便．哈达对他说： "以利沙对你说了些什么呢？"他说： "他对我说： ‘你一定痊愈的。’" 15 第二天， 哈薛拿被窝浸在水里， 然后蒙住便．哈达的面， 他就死了； 于是哈薛接续他作王。 16 以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰第五年， 犹大王约沙法还在的时候， 犹大王约沙法的儿子约兰登基作了王。 17 他登基时是三十二岁； 在耶路撒冷作王八年。 18 他照着以色列诸王的道路而行， 好像亚哈家所行的； 因为他娶了亚哈的女儿为妻， 并且行耶和华看为恶的事。 19 但耶和华因他仆人大卫的缘故不愿毁灭犹大， 却要照他应许大卫的， 赐给他和他的后裔永远有香灯延续。 20 约兰王在位的日子， 以东人反叛， 脱离犹大人的手， 自己立王统治本国。 21 于是约兰过到撒益去， 并且带着他所有的战车。他夜间起来攻击包围他和他的战车军长的以东人， 他的军民却逃回自己的帐棚去了。 22 于是以东人背叛， 脱离犹大人的手， 直到今日； 那时立拿人也同时背叛。 23 约兰其余的事迹和他所行的一切， 不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？ 24 约兰和他的祖先同睡； 人把他埋葬在大卫城和他的祖先一起； 他的儿子亚哈谢接续他作王。 25 以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰在位第十二年， 犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢作犹大王。 26 他登基时是二十二岁， 在耶路撒冷作王一年。他母亲名叫亚他利雅， 是以色列王暗利的孙女。 27 他照着亚哈家的道路而行， 行耶和华看为恶的事， 好像亚哈家一样， 因为他是亚哈家的女婿。 28 亚哈谢与亚哈的儿子约兰往基列的拉末， 同亚兰王哈薛交战； 亚兰人击伤了约兰。 29 约兰于是回去， 到耶斯列治伤， 就是当他攻打亚兰王哈薛时， 亚兰人在拉末击伤他的。犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢因为亚哈的儿子约兰病了， 所以下到耶斯列去探望他。

1 And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.`2 And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.3 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.4 And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.`5 And it cometh to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and lo, the woman whose son he had revived is crying unto the king, for her house and for her field, and Gehazi saith, `My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this her son, whom Elisha revived.`6 And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, `Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.`7 And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, `The man of God hath come hither.`8 And the king saith unto Hazael, `Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?`9 And Hazael goeth to meet him, and taketh a present in his hand, even of every good thing of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he cometh in and standeth before him, and saith, `Thy son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?`10 And Elisha saith unto him, `Go, say, Thou dost certainly not revive, seeing Jehovah hath shewed me that he doth surely die.`11 And he setteth his face, yea, he setteth [it] till he is ashamed, and the man of God weepeth.12 And Hazael saith, `Wherefore is my lord weeping?` and he saith, `Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel -- their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.`13 And Hazael saith, `But what, [is] thy servant the dog, that he doth this great thing?` And Elisha saith, `Jehovah hath shewed me thee -- king of Aram.`14 And he goeth from Elisha, and cometh in unto his lord, and he saith unto him, `What said Elisha to thee?` and he saith, `He said to me, Thou dost certainly recover.`15 And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that he taketh the coarse cloth, and dippeth in water, and spreadeth on his face, and he dieth, and Hazael reigneth in his stead.16 And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel -- and Jehoshaphat [is] king of Judah -- hath Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah reigned;17 a son of thirty and two years was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem.18 And he walketh in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was to him for a wife, and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah,19 and Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp -- to his sons all the days.20 In his days hath Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they cause a king to reign over them,21 and Joram passeth over to Zair, and all the chariots with him, and he himself hath risen by night, and smiteth Edom, that is coming round about unto him, and the heads of the chariots, and the people fleeth to its tents;22 and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.23 And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?24 And Joram lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Ahaziah his son in his stead.25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel reigned hath Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah;26 a son of twenty and two years [is] Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Athaliah daughter of Omri king of Israel,27 and he walketh in the way of the house of Ahab, and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for he [is] son-in-law of the house of Ahab.28 And he goeth with Joram son of Ahab to battle with Hazael king of Aram in Ramoth-Gilead, and the Aramaeans smite Joram,29 and Joram the king turneth back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds with which the Arameans smite him in Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram, and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he is sick.