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2 Kings 8 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he had [fn]restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land for seven years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:2 - And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - And it came to pass after the expiration of the seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines to the city; and came to cry to the king for her house and for her lands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - And the king spoke to Giezi the servant of Elisaie the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things which Elisaie has done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead son, behold, the woman whose son Elisaie restored to life came crying to the king for her house and for her lands. And Giezi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisaie restored to life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:8 - And the king said to Azael, Take in thine hand [fn]a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I [fn]recover of this my disease?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:10 - And Elisaie said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shewed me that [fn]thou shalt surely die.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - And Azael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he [fn]should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shewn me thee ruling over Syria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - And he departed from Elisaie, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisaie to thee? and he said, He said to me, Thou shalt surely live.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:15 - And it came to pass on the next day that he took a [fn]thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Azael reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:16 - In the fifth year [fn]of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda [fn]began to reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:17 - [fn]Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for the daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant's sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:20 - In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over [fn]themselves.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - And Joram went up to Sior, and all the chariots that were with him: and it came to pass after he had arisen, that he smote Edom who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:22 - Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David: and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:25 - In the twelfth year [fn]of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, Ochozias son of Joram [fn]began to reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - [fn]Twenty and two years old was Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Gotholia, daughter of Ambri king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Achaab.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:28 - And he went with Joram the son of Achaab to war [fn]against Azael king of [fn]the Syrians in Remmoth Galaad; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds with which they wounded him in Remmoth, when he fought with Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram went down to see Joram the son of Achaab in Jezrael, because he was sick.
BES Footnotes
The Gr. signifies, to rekindle a fire.
The Gr. retains the Heb. word.
Gr. live?
Complut. and Ald. ἀποθανεῖται.
Gr. send away.
Gr. shall.
The Gr. is from the Heb. rug or quilt, etc.
Gr. to.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. a son of 32 years in his reigning.
Gr. himself.
Gr. to.
Gr. reigned.
Gr. a son of 22 years in his reigning.
Gr. with.
The Gr. word ἀλλοφύλοι is almost always applied elsewhere to the Philistines.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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