II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 385

whose son he had revived for her, ‘ Arise and go, yourself and family, and stay where you can stay, for the EvER—LIvING will call a famine, and also bring it upon tho country for X seven years. The woman therefore arose, and did

as the MAN of GOD commanded, and went with her family, and stayed in the country of the Philishtim for seven years. .0. 885.) But when the seven years were

ended, the woman returned from the country of the Philishtim, and came to appeal to the king for her house and land, while the king was speaking with Ghikhazi, the atten- dant of the MAN of Gon, and asking, I`ell me, I pray you, all the great And he was relating to the king how he had restored the dead to life, when the woman, whose son had been re- stored to life, appealed to the king about her house and land. Ghikhazi Your Majesty! This is the woman l—-~and this is her son, whom Alisha restored to life! ’ 5 The king then questioned the woman, and she told him, when the king committed her to an Officer with an order to return to her all that was hers, with all the produce of the estate from the day she left the country until then. (ac. 881.) (Elisha geez in @ama¤ru¤ smh furztcilz the Qiruzl Qirimzz nf @¤;l;a¤1. Alisha afterwards went to Damas·

cus, when Ben·hadad theking of Aram was sick, and it was reported The MAN of Gob has The king consequently '1`ake a present with you, and go and meet the MAN of GOD, and enquire of the EvER— LIVING through him if I shall recover from thissickness. g Hazhaal therefore went to meet 1 This famine must not be confused with

that of three years in the time of Akhab, as many commentators and readers imagine; but was an entirely different event.———F. F. him, and took a present with him of all the best in Damascus loaded upon forty camels, and went and presented Your servant Ben—hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to ask, ‘Shall I recover from this illness ? * Go !

Say, ‘ You will not live '—~—for the EvaR·L1v1Ne has shown me he shall He, however, fixed himself before him, and stood stiff with insolence. Then the MAN of GOD wept. Why do you weep, Sir ? ' Because I

know what cruelty you will do to the children of Israel! You will set fire to their towns; and murder their youths with the sword; and tear their infants to pieces; and rip up their women with child l Hazhaal, however, exclaimed, ‘What is your servant? Is he a dog ?-—-that he should do such hor- rible things? ' ’1`he EVER-

Lrvme has shown me youasnns, when king over Aram. (ac. 885.) %u;Iyu¤l gilurtrzrs %nn-hahah. He then left Alisha, and went to

What And he He -told me you should But some days after he took a towel and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, and he died, and Hazhaal reigned instead of him. I0 II Z2 (ac. 892.) ilzigzt nf §Il;¤rum-lr2n- $l;¤slyufat. In the Gfth year of jorarn-ben-

Akhab king of Israel, ]horam—ben- jhoshafat began to reign over judah in conjunction with jhoshafat, as kings of judah. He was thirty—two years old at his coronation, and reigned eight years in jerusalem, and went in the way of the kings of Israel, as the family of Akhab did; for a daughter of Akhab was his

wife. Thus he did evil in the sight of the Evnmrivme. But the Evan- LIVING did not desire to wreck judah because of David his servant, as He had promised to give him a light from his descendants for all time. sgi I6 18