14 Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me (A)that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took the bed cloth[a] and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.

Jehoram Reigns in Judah

16 In the fifth year of (B)Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah,[b] Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:15 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. 2 Kings 8:16 Septuagint, Syriac lack when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah

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