They gave us many gifts, and when we sailed, they put on board what we needed for the voyage.
So Hazael loaded forty camels with all kinds of the finest products of Damascus and went to Elisha. When Hazael met him, he said, “Your servant King Benhadad has sent me to ask you whether or not he will recover from his sickness.”
Ezra said, “Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors! He has made the emperor willing to honor in this way the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
They despise those whom God rejects, but honor those who obey the Lord. They always do what they promise, no matter how much it may cost.
After three months we sailed away on a ship from Alexandria, called “The Twin Gods,” which had spent the winter in the island.
When this happened, all the other sick people on the island came and were healed.
And with all his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs.
We did not try to get praise from anyone, either from you or from others,