---
title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  2 Kings 8"
description: "Overview  2 Kings 8:1, The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha’s miracle’s sake has her land rest"
image: "/images/missing.jpg"
url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/2-kings/8"
---

**Overview**
**** [2 Kings 8:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/1), The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the forewarned famine, for Elisha’s miracle’s sake has her land restored by the king; [2 Kings 8:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/7), Hazael, being sent with a present by Ben-hadad to Elisha at Damascus, after he had heard the prophecy, kills his master, and succeeds him; [2 Kings 8:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/16), Jehoram’s wicked reign in Judah; [2 Kings 8:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/20), Edom and Libnah revolt; [2 Kings 8:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/23), Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram; [2 Kings 8:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/25), Ahaziah’s wicked reign; [2 Kings 8:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/28), He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel.

am 3113, bc 891
**whose son:** [2 Kings 4:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/18), [2 Kings 4:31-35](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/31-35)
**sojourn:** [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10), [Genesis 26:1](../../../kjv/genesis/26/1), [Genesis 47:4](../../../kjv/genesis/47/4), [Ruth 1:1](../../../kjv/ruth/1/1)
**the Lord:** [Genesis 41:25](../../../kjv/genesis/41/25), [Genesis 41:28](../../../kjv/genesis/41/28), [Genesis 41:32](../../../kjv/genesis/41/32), [Leviticus 26:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/19), [Leviticus 26:20](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/20), [Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26), [Deuteronomy 28:22-24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/22-24), [Deuteronomy 28:38-40](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/38-40), [1 Kings 17:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/1), [1 Kings 18:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/2), [Psalms 105:16](../../../kjv/psalms/105/16), [Psalms 107:34](../../../kjv/psalms/107/34), [Haggai 1:11](../../../kjv/haggai/1/11), [Luke 21:11](../../../kjv/luke/21/11), [Luke 21:22](../../../kjv/luke/21/22), [Acts 11:28](../../../kjv/acts/11/28)
**called for a famine:** [Jeremiah 25:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/29)
**seven years:** [Genesis 41:27](../../../kjv/genesis/41/27), [2 Samuel 21:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/1), [2 Samuel 24:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/13), [Luke 4:25](../../../kjv/luke/4/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 41:30](../../../kjv/genesis/41/30) - seven years [2 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/13) - among mine [2 Kings 4:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/35) - and the child opened [2 Kings 4:38](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/38) - a dearth [1 Chronicles 21:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/12) - three years' famine [2 Chronicles 6:28](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/28) - if there be dearth [Amos 4:6](../../../kjv/amos/4/6) - and want

**with:** [1 Timothy 5:8](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/8)
**land:** [Judges 3:3](../../../kjv/judges/3/3), [1 Samuel 27:1-3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/1-3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10) - went [Ruth 1:1](../../../kjv/ruth/1/1) - a famine [Jeremiah 35:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/35/4) - a man [Acts 11:28](../../../kjv/acts/11/28) - great

am 3119, bc 885, [2 Kings 8:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/6), [2 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/13), [2 Kings 6:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/26), [2 Samuel 14:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/4), [Psalms 82:3](../../../kjv/psalms/82/3), [Psalms 82:4](../../../kjv/psalms/82/4), [Jeremiah 22:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/16), [Luke 18:3-5](../../../kjv/luke/18/3-5)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1) - Why do ye [Ruth 1:7](../../../kjv/ruth/1/7) - she went [2 Samuel 19:28](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/28) - to cry [Psalms 107:39](../../../kjv/psalms/107/39) - they are

**the king:** As it appears not likely that the king would hold conversation with a leprous man; or, that, knowing Gehazi had been dismissed with the highest disgrace from the prophet's service, he would talk with him concerning his late master; some have supposed that this happened before the cleansing of Naaman. But it agrees better with the chronology to consider it as having taken place after that event; the king, probably, having an insatiable curiosity to know the private history of a man who had done such astonishing things. As to the circumstances of Gehazi's disease, he might overlook that, and converse with him, keeping at a reasonable distance, as nothing but actual contact could defile.
**Gehazi:** [2 Kings 5:20-27](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/20-27), [2 Kings 7:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/3), [2 Kings 7:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/10)
**Tell:** [Matthew 2:8](../../../kjv/matthew/2/8), [Luke 9:9](../../../kjv/luke/9/9), [Luke 23:8](../../../kjv/luke/23/8), [John 9:27](../../../kjv/john/9/27), [Acts 24:24](../../../kjv/acts/24/24)
**all the great:** [2 Kings 2:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/14), [2 Kings 2:20-22](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/20-22), [2 Kings 2:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/24), [2 Kings 3:14-16](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/14-16), [2 Kings 4:3-6](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/3-6), [2 Kings 4:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/16), [2 Kings 4:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/17), [2 Kings 5:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/14), [2 Kings 5:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/27), [2 Kings 6:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/6), [2 Kings 6:9-12](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/9-12), [2 Kings 6:17-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/17-20), [2 Kings 6:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/32), [2 Kings 7:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/1), [2 Kings 7:16-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/16-20)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1) - Why do ye [2 Kings 4:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/12) - Gehazi

**he had restored:** [2 Kings 4:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/35)
**the woman:** [Ruth 2:3](../../../kjv/ruth/2/3), [Esther 5:14](../../../kjv/esther/5/14), [Esther 6:11](../../../kjv/esther/6/11), [Esther 6:12](../../../kjv/esther/6/12), [Proverbs 16:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/9), [Ecclesiastes 9:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/11), [Matthew 10:29](../../../kjv/matthew/10/29), [Matthew 10:30](../../../kjv/matthew/10/30), [Acts 8:27-40](../../../kjv/acts/8/27-40), [Romans 8:31](../../../kjv/romans/8/31)
**My lord:** [2 Kings 6:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/12), [2 Kings 6:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/26), [1 Samuel 26:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/17), [Psalms 145:1](../../../kjv/psalms/145/1)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 4:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/12) - Gehazi

**officer:** or, eunuch, [2 Kings 9:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/32), [Genesis 37:36](../../../kjv/genesis/37/36), [1 Chronicles 28:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/1), *marg.
**Restore all:** [Deuteronomy 22:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/2), [Judges 11:13](../../../kjv/judges/11/13), [2 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/7), [Proverbs 16:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/7), [Proverbs 21:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/1)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/3) - *General*

[Deuteronomy 33:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/1), [1 Kings 13:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/1)
**Damascus:** [Genesis 14:15](../../../kjv/genesis/14/15), [1 Kings 11:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/24), [Isaiah 7:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/8)
**Benhadad:** [2 Kings 6:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/24), [1 Kings 15:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/18), [1 Kings 20:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/1), [1 Kings 20:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/34)
**The man of God:** [2 Kings 1:9](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/9), [2 Kings 1:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/10), [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15), [2 Kings 6:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/12)
**is come:** [Judges 16:2](../../../kjv/judges/16/2), [Acts 17:6](../../../kjv/acts/17/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 14:6](../../../kjv/joshua/14/6) - the man [1 Kings 14:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/3) - And take [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15) - wilderness of Damascus [2 Kings 1:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/2) - whether [Jeremiah 40:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/5) - gave him [Amos 1:4](../../../kjv/amos/1/4) - Hazael

**Hazael:** [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15)
**Take:** [2 Kings 5:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/5), [1 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/7), [1 Kings 14:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/3)
**inquire:** [2 Kings 1:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/2), [2 Kings 1:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/6), [2 Kings 3:11-13](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/11-13), [1 Kings 14:1-4](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/1-4), [Luke 13:23](../../../kjv/luke/13/23), [Acts 16:30](../../../kjv/acts/16/30)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 43:11](../../../kjv/genesis/43/11) - carry down [Judges 17:10](../../../kjv/judges/17/10) - a father [Judges 18:19](../../../kjv/judges/18/19) - a father [Ezekiel 14:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/14/7) - and cometh

**Hazael:** [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15)
**with him:** Heb. in his hand, [2 Kings 5:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/5)
**Thy son Benhadad:** [2 Kings 6:21](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/21), [2 Kings 13:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/14), [2 Kings 16:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/16/7), [1 Samuel 25:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/25/8), [Philemon 1:14](../../../kjv/philemon/1/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 17:10](../../../kjv/judges/17/10) - a father [Judges 18:19](../../../kjv/judges/18/19) - a father [Ecclesiastes 3:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/3/6) - time to get [Isaiah 60:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/6) - multitude [Acts 8:18](../../../kjv/acts/8/18) - he offered [Acts 28:10](../../../kjv/acts/28/10) - laded [Revelation 12:16](../../../kjv/revelation/12/16) - *General*

**Thou mayest:** [1 Kings 22:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/15)
**the Lord:** [2 Kings 8:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/13), [Genesis 41:39](../../../kjv/genesis/41/39), [Jeremiah 38:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/38/21), [Ezekiel 11:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/25), [Amos 3:7](../../../kjv/amos/3/7), [Amos 7:1](../../../kjv/amos/7/1), [Amos 7:4](../../../kjv/amos/7/4), [Amos 7:7](../../../kjv/amos/7/7), [Amos 8:1](../../../kjv/amos/8/1), [Zechariah 1:20](../../../kjv/zechariah/1/20), [Revelation 22:1](../../../kjv/revelation/22/1)
**he shall surely die:** [2 Kings 8:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/15), [2 Kings 1:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/4), [2 Kings 1:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/16), [Genesis 2:17](../../../kjv/genesis/2/17), [Ezekiel 18:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:4](../../../kjv/genesis/3/4) - Ye [2 Kings 8:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/14) - He told me [Romans 3:7](../../../kjv/romans/3/7) - if the truth

**stedfastly:** Heb. and set it
**wept:** [Genesis 45:2](../../../kjv/genesis/45/2), [Psalms 119:136](../../../kjv/psalms/119/136), [Jeremiah 4:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/19), [Jeremiah 9:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/1), [Jeremiah 9:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/18), [Jeremiah 13:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/17), [Jeremiah 14:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/17), [Luke 19:41](../../../kjv/luke/19/41), [John 11:35](../../../kjv/john/11/35), [Acts 20:19](../../../kjv/acts/20/19), [Acts 20:31](../../../kjv/acts/20/31), [Romans 9:2](../../../kjv/romans/9/2), [Philippians 3:18](../../../kjv/philippians/3/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 14:6](../../../kjv/joshua/14/6) - the man

**my Lord:** [2 Kings 4:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/28), [1 Kings 18:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/13)
**the evil:** [2 Kings 10:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/32), [2 Kings 10:33](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/33), [2 Kings 12:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/12/17), [2 Kings 13:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/3), [2 Kings 13:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/7), [Amos 1:3](../../../kjv/amos/1/3), [Amos 1:4](../../../kjv/amos/1/4)
**dash:** [2 Kings 15:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/16), [Psalms 137:8](../../../kjv/psalms/137/8), [Psalms 137:9](../../../kjv/psalms/137/9), [Isaiah 13:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/16), [Isaiah 13:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/18), [Hosea 10:14](../../../kjv/hosea/10/14), [Hosea 13:16](../../../kjv/hosea/13/16), [Amos 1:3-5](../../../kjv/amos/1/3-5), [Amos 1:13](../../../kjv/amos/1/13), [Nahum 3:10](../../../kjv/nahum/3/10)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 1:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/8) - why weepest [1 Kings 19:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/17) - the sword of Hazael [1 Kings 20:42](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/42) - thy life shall go [2 Kings 8:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/28) - Hazael [2 Kings 9:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/14) - conspired [2 Kings 13:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/22) - Hazael [Amos 4:10](../../../kjv/amos/4/10) - your young [Matthew 2:16](../../../kjv/matthew/2/16) - and slew [Mark 14:71](../../../kjv/mark/14/71) - *General* [Luke 22:33](../../../kjv/luke/22/33) - I am

**a dog:** [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43), [2 Samuel 9:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/8), [Psalms 22:16](../../../kjv/psalms/22/16), [Psalms 22:20](../../../kjv/psalms/22/20), [Isaiah 56:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/10), [Isaiah 56:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/11), [Matthew 7:6](../../../kjv/matthew/7/6), [Philippians 3:2](../../../kjv/philippians/3/2), [Revelation 22:15](../../../kjv/revelation/22/15)
**he should do:** [Jeremiah 17:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/17/9), [Matthew 26:33-35](../../../kjv/matthew/26/33-35)
**The Lord:** [2 Kings 8:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/10), [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15), [Micah 2:1](../../../kjv/micah/2/1)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 44:7](../../../kjv/genesis/44/7) - *General* [2 Samuel 3:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/8) - Amos I a dog's head [2 Kings 8:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/15) - And it came [2 Kings 8:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/28) - Hazael [2 Kings 9:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/3) - I have anointed [2 Kings 13:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/3) - Hazael [Proverbs 28:26](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/26) - that [Joel 2:20](../../../kjv/joel/2/20) - because [Mark 14:31](../../../kjv/mark/14/31) - he spake [Luke 22:33](../../../kjv/luke/22/33) - I am

**He told me:** [2 Kings 8:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/10), [2 Kings 5:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/25), [Matthew 26:16](../../../kjv/matthew/26/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Daniel 11:26](../../../kjv/daniel/11/26) - that feed

**And it came:** [2 Kings 8:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/13), [1 Samuel 16:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/12), [1 Samuel 16:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/13), [1 Samuel 24:4-7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/4-7), [1 Samuel 24:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/13), [1 Samuel 26:9-11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/9-11), [1 Kings 11:26-37](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/26-37)
**on the morrow:** [Psalms 36:4](../../../kjv/psalms/36/4), [Micah 2:1](../../../kjv/micah/2/1)
**that he took a thick cloth:** There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the keever, or fly-net. (See note on [1 Samuel 19:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/19/13)), dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.
**so that he died:** [2 Kings 9:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/24), [2 Kings 15:10-14](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/10-14), [2 Kings 15:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/25), [2 Kings 15:30](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/30), [1 Kings 15:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/28), [1 Kings 16:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/10), [1 Kings 16:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/18), [Isaiah 33:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/1)
**Hazael:** [2 Kings 8:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/13), [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:10](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/10) - he shall surely die

am 3112, bc 892
**Jehoram:** [2 Kings 1:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/17), [1 Kings 22:50](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/50), [2 Chronicles 21:1-20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/1-20)
**began to reign:** Heb. reigned, "Began to reign in concert with his father.
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 22:42](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/42) - thirty and five [2 Kings 3:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/1) - Jehoram [2 Kings 8:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/25) - *General* [2 Kings 9:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/29) - in the eleventh [2 Kings 11:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/2) - Joram [Matthew 1:8](../../../kjv/matthew/1/8) - Joram

am 3112-3119, bc 892-885, [2 Kings 8:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/17)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 1:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/17) - in the second [2 Kings 8:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/25) - *General* [2 Kings 8:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/26) - Two and twenty [2 Chronicles 21:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/1) - Jehoram [2 Chronicles 21:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/5) - Jehoram

**in the way:** [2 Kings 3:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/2), [2 Kings 3:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/3), [1 Kings 22:52](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/52), [1 Kings 22:53](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/53)
**the house:** [2 Kings 9:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/7), [2 Kings 9:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/8), [2 Kings 21:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/3), [2 Kings 21:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/13), [2 Chronicles 21:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/13), [Micah 6:16](../../../kjv/micah/6/16)
**the daughter:** [2 Kings 8:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/26), [1 Kings 21:25](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/25), [2 Chronicles 18:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/1), [2 Chronicles 19:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/19/2), [2 Chronicles 21:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/6), [2 Chronicles 22:1-4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/1-4)
**his wife:** [Genesis 6:1-5](../../../kjv/genesis/6/1-5), [Deuteronomy 7:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/3), [Deuteronomy 7:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/4), [1 Kings 11:1-5](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/1-5), [Nehemiah 13:25](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/25), [Nehemiah 13:26](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/26)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 22:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/2) - Jehoshaphat [1 Kings 22:44](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/44) - made peace [2 Kings 8:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/27) - he walked [2 Kings 10:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/14) - neither left [2 Kings 16:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/16/3) - he walked [2 Kings 17:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/19) - walked [2 Kings 23:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/19) - the kings [2 Chronicles 17:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/17/4) - not after [Job 30:8](../../../kjv/job/30/8) - children [Micah 1:13](../../../kjv/micah/1/13) - for

**for David:** [2 Kings 19:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/34), [2 Samuel 7:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/12), [2 Samuel 7:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/13), [2 Samuel 7:15](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/15), [1 Kings 11:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/36), [1 Kings 15:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/4), [1 Kings 15:5](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/5), [2 Chronicles 21:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/7), [Isaiah 7:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/14), [Isaiah 37:35](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/35), [Jeremiah 33:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/25), [Jeremiah 33:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/26), [Hosea 11:9](../../../kjv/hosea/11/9), [Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32), [Luke 1:33](../../../kjv/luke/1/33)
**light:** Heb. candle, or lamp, [1 Kings 11:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/36)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 11:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/2) - they hid him

**Edom:** [2 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/22), [2 Kings 3:9](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/9), [2 Kings 3:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/27), [Genesis 27:40](../../../kjv/genesis/27/40), [2 Chronicles 21:8-10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/8-10)
**made a king:** [2 Samuel 8:14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/14), [1 Kings 22:47](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/47)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 25:30](../../../kjv/genesis/25/30) - Edom [2 Kings 1:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/1) - after the [2 Kings 3:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/5) - *General* [2 Kings 14:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/7) - slew

**Zair:** Zair is supposed by Calmet and others to be the same as Seir, the country of Seir the Horite, inhabited by the Edomites or Idumeans. Probably the former was a dialectical pronunciation of the latter. [2 Kings 8:21](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/21)

**Yet:** "And so fulfilled. [Genesis 27:40](../../../kjv/genesis/27/40)." [2 Kings 8:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/20)
**Libnah:** [2 Kings 19:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/8), [Joshua 21:13](../../../kjv/joshua/21/13), [2 Chronicles 21:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 10:29](../../../kjv/joshua/10/29) - Libnah [Joshua 15:42](../../../kjv/joshua/15/42) - Libnah [2 Kings 1:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/1/1) - after the [Isaiah 37:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/8) - Libnah

[2 Kings 15:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/6), [2 Kings 15:36](../../../kjv/2-kings/15/36), [1 Kings 11:41](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/41), [1 Kings 14:29](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/29), [1 Kings 15:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/23), [2 Chronicles 21:11-20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/11-20)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 12:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/12/19) - the rest [2 Kings 20:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/20) - the book

**slept:** [1 Kings 2:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/10), [1 Kings 11:43](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/43), [1 Kings 14:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/20), [1 Kings 14:31](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/31)
**Ahaziah:** [1 Chronicles 3:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/11), [2 Chronicles 21:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/1), [2 Chronicles 21:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/17), [2 Chronicles 25:23](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/23), Jehoahaz, [2 Chronicles 22:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/1), [2 Chronicles 22:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/6), Azariah
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 9:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/29) - in the eleventh [2 Kings 10:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/13) - the brethren [2 Kings 14:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/20) - he was buried

am 3119-3120, bc 885-884, [2 Kings 8:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/16), [2 Kings 8:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/17), [2 Kings 9:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/29), [2 Chronicles 21:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Daniel 5:2](../../../kjv/daniel/5/2) - father

**Two and twenty:** In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is said, "forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign;" but this is evidently a mistake, as it makes the son two years older than his own father! For his father began to reign when he was thirty-two years old, and reigned eight years, and so died, being forty years old. See note on [2 Kings 8:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/17), and see note on [2 Chronicles 22:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/2).
**one year:** [2 Kings 9:21-27](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/21-27), [2 Chronicles 22:5-8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/5-8)
**Athaliah:** [2 Kings 11:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/1), [2 Kings 11:13-16](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/13-16)
**daughter:** or, grand-daughter, [2 Kings 8:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/18)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 16:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/16) - Omri [2 Kings 13:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/13/1) - three and twentieth year [2 Chronicles 18:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/1) - joined affinity

**he walked:** [2 Kings 8:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/18)
**the son in law:** [2 Kings 8:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/18), [2 Chronicles 22:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/3), [2 Chronicles 22:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/4), [Ecclesiastes 7:26](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/26), [2 Corinthians 6:14-17](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/6/14-17)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 22:52](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/52) - in the way [2 Kings 17:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/19) - walked [2 Kings 21:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/3) - Ahab [2 Chronicles 18:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/1) - joined affinity [Job 30:8](../../../kjv/job/30/8) - children [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - let not

am 3120, bc 884
**he went:** [2 Kings 3:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/7), [2 Kings 9:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/15), [1 Kings 22:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/4), [2 Chronicles 18:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/2), [2 Chronicles 18:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/3), [2 Chronicles 18:31](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/31), [2 Chronicles 19:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/19/2), [2 Chronicles 22:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/5)
**Hazael:** [2 Kings 8:12](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/12), [2 Kings 8:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/13), [1 Kings 19:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/17)
**Ramothgilead:** [Joshua 21:38](../../../kjv/joshua/21/38), [1 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/13), [1 Kings 22:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 4:7](../../../kjv/genesis/4/7) - If thou doest well [1 Kings 19:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/15) - Hazael [2 Kings 9:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/14) - kept Ramothgilead [2 Kings 9:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/16) - And Ahaziah

**Joram:** [2 Kings 9:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/15)
**which the Syrians had given:** Heb. wherewith the Syrians had wounded
**Ramah:** Called "Ramoth," [2 Kings 9:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/28).
**Ahaziah:** [2 Kings 9:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/16), [2 Chronicles 22:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/6), [2 Chronicles 22:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/7)
**sick:** Heb. wounded, [1 Kings 22:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/34)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 19:18](../../../kjv/joshua/19/18) - Jezreel [2 Kings 9:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/27) - Ahaziah [2 Kings 10:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/13) - the brethren [2 Chronicles 35:23](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/35/23) - wounded

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