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2 Kings 8:14-16
EasyEnglish Bible
2 Kings 8:14-16
EasyEnglish Bible
14 Then Hazael left Elisha. He returned to his master, the king. King Ben-Hadad asked him, ‘What did Elisha say to you?’ Hazael replied, ‘He told me that you will surely get well again.’
15 The next day, Hazael took a thick cloth. He used water to make it wet. Then he put it over the king's face so that he could not breathe. So King Ben-Hadad died. Hazael became king of Syria after him.
Jehoram becomes the king of Judah
16 When Ahab's son Joram had been king of Israel for five years, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram started to rule Judah as king.[a]
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- 8:16 Jehoram may have started to rule Judah while his father, King Jehoshaphat, was still alive.
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