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2 Kings 8:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents. "

2 Kings 8:21

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19 However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.

20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

22 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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2 Chronicles 21:9

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"When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah."

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2 Kings 8:1

"Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”"

2 Kings 8:2

"The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years."

2 Kings 8:3

"At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land."

2 Kings 8:4

"Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”"

2 Kings 8:5

"As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”"

2 Kings 8:6

"When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.”"

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