2 Kings 8:11

2 Kings 8:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
• New International Version (NIV)He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed. Then the man of God began to weep.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, until he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

Context of 2 Kings 8:11

9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’” 10Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.” Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep. 12“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.” 13“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

2 Kings 8:11 word by word

וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וַיָּ֣שֶׂם עַד־בֹּ֑שׁ וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• fixedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• his gazeפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• steadilyשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: considerH7760
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• Hazael became uncomfortableבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• Then the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• began to weepבָּכָהbâkâh · to weepH1058

Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:11

• Genesis 45:2But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
• Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
• Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
• Romans 9:2I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
• Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He settled his countenance steadfastly - Of whom does the author speak? Of Hazael, or of Elisha? Several apply this action to the prophet: he had a murderer before him and he saw the bloody acts he was about to commit, and was greatly distressed; but he endeavored to conceal his feelings: at last his face reddened with anguish, his feelings overcame him, and he burst out and wept. The Septuagint, as it stands in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11That is, “And he (Elisha) settled his conntenance, and set it (toward Hazael), until he (Hazael) was ashamed.” Elisha fixed on Hazael a long and meaning look, until the latter‘s eyes fell before his, and his cheek flushed. Elisha, it would seem, had detected the guilty thought that was in Hazael‘s heart, and Hazael perceived that he had detected it. Hence the “shame.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It was not in Hazael's countenance that Elisha read what he would do, but God revealed it to him, and it fetched tears from his eyes: the more foresight men have, the more grief they are liable to. It is possible for a man, under the convictions and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Elisha began to cry because he saw the terrible acts Hazael would do to God's people when he became king (2 Kings 8:28; 9:14–15; 10:32–33; 12:17–18; 13:3, 22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. he settled his countenance stedfastly until he was ashamed--that is, Hazael. The steadfast, penetrating look of the prophet seemed to have convinced Hazael that his secret designs were known. The deep emotions of Elisha were justified by the horrible atrocities which, too common in ancient warfare, that successful usurper committed in Israel (2Ki 10:32; 13:3, 4, 22).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 8:11

• Ben-Hadad
• Elisha
• Falsehood
• Hazael
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• God
• man of God
• Benhadad
• Elijah
• Elisha
• Hazael
• Oppression
• Restore
• Ashamed
• Athaliah

Commentaries on 2 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings