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2 Kings 8:13-15

13“Butכִּ֣יkiH3588how couldמָ֤הmahH4100your servantעַבְדְּךָ֙'av.de.KhaH5650,a mere dogהַכֶּ֔לֶבha.Ke.levH3611כִּ֣יkiH3588,doיַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213suchהַזֶּ֑הha.ZehH2088a monstrousהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419thingהַדָּבָ֥רha.da.VarH1697?”saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Hazaelחֲזָהאֵ֔לcha.za.h.'ElH2371.And Elishaאֱלִישָׁ֔ע'e.li.Sha'H477answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “The LORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068has shown meהִרְאַ֧נִיhir.'A.niH7200that youאֹתְךָ֖'o.te.KhaH853will bekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overעַל־'al-H5921Aramאֲרָֽם׃'a.RamH758.”

14So Hazael leftוַיֵּ֣לֶךְ׀vai.Ye.lekhH1980מֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854Elishaאֱלִישָׁ֗ע'e.li.Sha'H477and wentוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935toאֶל־'el-H413his masterאֲדֹנָ֔יו'a.do.NavH113,who askedוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559him, “Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100did Elishaאֱלִישָׁ֑ע'e.li.Sha'H477sayאָמַ֥ר'a.MarH559to you?”And he repliedוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “He told meאָ֥מַר'A.marH559thatyou would surely recoverH2421.”

15Butוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961the next dayמִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תmi.mo.cho.RatH4283Hazael tookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947a thick clothהַמַּכְבֵּר֙ha.makh.BerH4346,dippedוַיִּטְבֹּ֣לvai.yit.BolH2881it in waterבַּמַּ֔יִםba.Ma.yimH4325,and spreadוַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂvai.yif.RosH6566it overעַל־'al-H5921the king’s faceפָּנָ֖יוpa.NavH6440.So Ben-hadad diedוַיָּמֹ֑תvai.ya.MotH4191,and Hazaelחֲזָהאֵ֖לcha.za.h.'ElH2371reignedוַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְvai.yim.LokhH4427in his placeתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פtach.TavH8478.

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