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2 Kings 8:14-16
International Standard Version
2 Kings 8:14-16
International Standard Version
14 So he left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?”
He replied, “He told me that you would certainly get better.”
15 But the very next day, Hazael[a] grabbed a thick covering, soaked it in water, and spread it over the king’s[b] face, and he suffocated.[c] Then Hazael succeeded Ben-hadad[d] as king.
Jehoram Comes to the Throne of Judah
16 Sometime during the fifth year of the reign of Ahab’s son Joram, king of Israel (while Jehoshaphat was still ruling as king of Judah), Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram ascended to the throne of Judah.
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- 2 Kings 8:15 Lit. he
- 2 Kings 8:15 Lit. over his
- 2 Kings 8:15 Lit. died
- 2 Kings 8:15 Lit. succeeded him
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