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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Kings 7

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-8. Chapter 7 Then Elisha said, Hear the word

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of the Lord. Thus says the Lord, Tomorrow about

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this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold

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for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel

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at the gate of Samaria. So an officer, on whose

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hand the king leaned, answered the man of God

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and said, Look, if the Lord would make windows

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in heaven, could this thing be? And he said,

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In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but

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you shall not eat of it. Now there were four

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leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and

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they said to one another, Why are we sitting

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here until we die? If we say we will enter the

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city, the famine is in the city, and we shall

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die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now

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therefore come, let us surrender to the army

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of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall

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live. And if they kill us, we shall only die.

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And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of

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the Syrians. And when they had come to the outskirts

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of the Syrian camp, to their surprise, no one

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was there. For the Lord had caused the army of

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the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and

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the noise of horses, the noise of a great army.

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So they said to one another, Look, the king of

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Israel has hired against us the kings of the

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Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack

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us. therefore they arose and fled at twilight

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and left the camp intact their tents their horses

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and their donkeys and they fled for their lives

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and when these lepers came to the outskirts of

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the camp they went into one tent and ate and

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drank and carried from it silver and gold and

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clothing and went and hid them then they came

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back and entered another tent and carried some

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from there also and went and hid it then they

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said to one another we are not doing right this

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day is a day of good news and we remain silent

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if we wait until morning light some punishment

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will come upon us now therefore come let us go

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and tell the king's household so they went and

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called to the gatekeepers of the city and told

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them saying we went to the syrian camp and surprisingly

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no one was there not a human sound only horses

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and donkeys tied and the tents intact and the

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gatekeepers called out and they told it to the

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king's household inside so the king arose in

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the night and said to his servants let me now

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tell you what the syrians have done to us they

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know that we are hungry therefore they have gone

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out of the camp to hide themselves in the field

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saying when they come out of the city we shall

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catch them alive and get into the city and one

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of his servants answered and said please let

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several men Take five of the remaining horses

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which are left in the city. Look, they may either

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become like all the multitude of Israel that

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are left in it, or indeed I say, they may become

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like all the multitude of Israel left from those

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who are consumed. So let us send them and see.

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Therefore they took two chariots with horses,

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and the king sent them in the direction of the

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Syrian army, saying, Go and see. And they went

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after them to the Jordan. And indeed all the

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road was full of garments and weapons, which

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the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So

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the messengers returned and told the king. Then

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the people went out and plundered the tents of

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the Syrians. So a sayer of fine flour was sold

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for a shekel, and two sayers of barley for a

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shekel according to the word of the Lord. Now

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the king had appointed the officer, on whose

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hand he leaned. to have charge of the gate. But

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the people trampled him in the gate, and he died,

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just as the man of God had said who spoke when

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the king came down to him. So it happened just

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as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,

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Two sayers of barley for a shekel, and a sayer

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of fine flour for a shekel shall be sold tomorrow

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about this time in the gate of Samaria. Then

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that officer had answered the man of God and

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said, Now look, if the Lord would make windows

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in heaven, could such a thing be? and he had

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said in fact you shall see it with your eyes

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but you shall not eat of it and so it happened

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to him for the people trampled him in the gate

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and he died chapter eight then elisha spoke to

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the woman whose son he had restored to life saying

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arise and go you and your household and stay

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wherever you can for the lord has called for

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a famine and furthermore it will come upon the

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land for seven years. So the woman arose and

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did according to the saying of the men of God,

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and she went with her household and dwelt in

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the land of the Philistines seven years. It came

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to pass at the end of seven years that the woman

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returned from the land of the Philistines, and

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she went to make an appeal to the king for her

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house and for her land. Then the king talked

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with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying,

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Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha

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has done. Now it happened, as he was telling

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the king how he had restored the dead to life,

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that there was the woman whose son he had restored

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to life, appealing to the king for her house

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and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O

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king, this is the woman, and this is her son

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whom Elisha restored to life. And when the king

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asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed

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a certain officer for her, saying, Restore all

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that was hers, and all the proceeds of the field

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from the day that she left the land until now.

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Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben -Hadad

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king of Syria was sick, and it was told him,

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saying, The man of God has come here. And the

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king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand,

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and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of

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the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover from

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this disease? So Hazael went to meet him, and

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took a present with him, of every good thing

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of Damascus, forty camel loads. And he came and

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stood before him, and said, Your son Ben -Hadad

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King of Syria has sent me to you saying, shall

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I recover from this disease? And Elisha said

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to him, go say to him, you shall certainly recover.

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However, the Lord has shown me that he will really

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die. Then he set his countenance in a stare until

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he was ashamed and the man of God wept. And Hazael

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said, why is my Lord weeping? He answered, because

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I know the evil that you will do to the children

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of Israel. their strongholds you will set on

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fire and their young men you will kill with the

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sword and you will dash their children and rip

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open their women with child so Haziel said but

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what is your servant a dog that he should do

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this gross thing and Elisha answered the lord

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has shown me that you will become king over Syria

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then he departed from Elisha and came to his

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master who said to him what did Elisha say to

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you and he answered he told me you would surely

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recover But it happened on the next day that

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he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water

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and spread it over his face so that he died,

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and Hazael reigned in his place. Now in the fifth

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year of Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel,

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Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram

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the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king

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of Judah. He was 32 years old when he became

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king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem

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and he walked in the way of the kings of Israel

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just as the house of Ahab had done for the daughter

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of Ahab was his wife and he did evil in the sight

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of the Lord. Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah

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for the sake of his servant David, as he promised

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him to give a lamb to him and his sons forever.

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In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority

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and made the king over themselves. So Joram went

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to Zair and all his chariots with him. Then he

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rose by night and attacked the Edomites, who

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had surrendered him and the captains of the chariots,

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and the troops fled to their tents. Thus Edom

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has been in revolt against Judah's authority

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to this day, and Libna revolted at that time.

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Now the rest of the acts of Joram and all that

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he did, are they not written in the book of the

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chronicles of the kings of Judah? So Joram rested

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with his fathers and was buried with his fathers

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in the city of David. Then Ahaziah his son reigned

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in his place. In the twelfth year of Joram, the

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son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of

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Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. Ahaziah

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was twenty -two years old when he became king

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and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's

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name was Ataliah, the granddaughter of Omri,

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king of Israel. And he walked in the way of the

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house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the

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Lord, like the house of Ahab. For he was the

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son -in -law of the house of Ahab. Now he went

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with Joram, the son of Ahab, to war against Haziel,

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king of Syria, at Ramud Gilead. And the Syrians

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wounded Joram. Then king Joram went back to Jezreel

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to recover from the wounds which the Syrians

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had inflicted on him at Ramah. when he fought

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against Hazel king of Syria. And Ahaziah the

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son of Jeoram king of Judah went down to see

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Jeoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he

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was sick. I hope you enjoyed today's reading

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as much as I did and I look forward to seeing

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you again tomorrow to continue on our journey.

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God bless you and have a great day.