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2 Kings 8:1-15 — The Shunammite's Land Restored; Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

2Kgs.8.1-15

¹Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay as a foreigner wherever you can stay; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will indeed come upon the land for seven years.” ²So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went, she and her household, and stayed as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for seven years. ³At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field. ⁴Now the king was speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.” ⁵Just as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life was appealing to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.” ⁶When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the produce of the field from the day she left the land until now.” ⁷Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” ⁸So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'” ⁹So Hazael went to meet him, and he took a gift with him—every good thing of Damascus, forty camel loads. He came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'” ¹⁰Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him , 'You will surely recover.' But the LORD has shown me that he will surely die.” ¹¹Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael felt ashamed. Then the man of God wept. ¹²Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, you will dash their little ones to pieces, and you will rip open their pregnant women.” ¹³Hazael said, “But what is your servant, a mere dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.” ¹⁴Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.” ¹⁵On the next day, Hazael took a thick cloth , dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben-Hadad's face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.

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4/11/2026

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