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2 Kings 8:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against King Hazael  of Aram in Ramoth-gilead,  and the Arameans wounded Joram.

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He also followed their advice and went with Joram  son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against King Hazael of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans  wounded Joram,


Then Jehu  son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him  and said to King Jehoshaphat, ‘Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?  Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.


When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they shouted, ‘He must be the king of Israel! ’ So they turned to attack him, but Jehoshaphat cried out  and the Lord helped him. God drew them away from him.


But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Jehu said, ‘If you commanders wish to make me king,  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to report it in Jezreel.’


The next day Hazael took a heavy cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.


Then he sent a message to King Jehoshaphat  of Judah: ‘The king of Moab has rebelled against me.  Will you go with me to fight against Moab? ’ Jehoshaphat said, ‘I will go. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.’


Then  the king of Israel and Judah’s King Jehoshaphat went up to Ramoth-gilead.


Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael,  and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.


Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);


From the tribe of Gad they gave: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,


So King Joram returned to Jezreel  to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead  when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael.  Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.


The prophet Elisha called one of the sons of the prophets  and said, ‘Tuck your mantle  under your belt, take this flask of oil  with you, and go to Ramoth-gilead.


Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram.  Joram and all Israel had been at Ramoth-gilead on guard against King Hazael of Aram.


Across the Jordan east of Jericho, they selected Bezer on the wilderness plateau from Reuben’s tribe, Ramoth in Gilead from Gad’s tribe, and Golan in Bashan from Manasseh’s tribe.


Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel since Joram was laid up there and King Ahaziah of Judah had gone down to visit Joram.





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