2 Kings 8
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2 Kings 8:7-12

7Then ElishaH477 cameH935 to 1DamascusH1834. Now 2Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758 was sickH2470, and it was toldH5046 him, sayingH559, “3The manH376 of GodH430 has comeH935 hereH5704H2008.”

8The kingH4428 saidH559 to 4HazaelH2371, “5TakeH3947 a giftH4503 in your handH3027 and goH1980 to meetH7122 the manH376 of GodH430, and 6inquireH1875 of the LordH3068 by him, sayingH559, ‘Will I recoverH2421 from thisH2088 sicknessH2483?’”

9So HazaelH2371 wentH1980 to meetH7122 him and tookH3947 a giftH4503 in his handH3027, even everyH3605 kind of goodH2898 thingH2898 of DamascusH1834, fortyH705 camels’H1581 loadsH4853; and he cameH935 and stoodH5975 beforeH6440 him and saidH559, “7Your sonH1121 Ben-hadadH1130 kingH4428 of AramH758 has sentH7971 me to you, sayingH559, ‘Will I recoverH2421 from thisH2088 sicknessH2483?’”

10Then ElishaH477 saidH559 to him, “8GoH1980, sayH559 to him, ‘You will surelyH2421 recoverH2421,’ but the 9LordH3068 has shownH7200 me that he will certainlyH4191 dieH4191.”

11He 10fixedH5975 his gazeH6440 steadilyH7760 on him 11untilH5704 he was ashamedH954, and 12the manH376 of GodH430 weptH1058.

12HazaelH2371 saidH559, “WhyH4069 does my lordH113 weepH1058?” Then he 13answeredH559, “BecauseH3588 14I knowH3045 the evilH7463 that you will doH6213 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478: their strongholdsH4013 you will setH7971 on fireH784, and their youngH970 menH970 you will killH2026 with the swordH2719, and their littleH5768 onesH5768 you 15will dashH7376 in piecesH7376, and their womenH2030 with childH2030 you will ripH1234 up.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 8:7 1 Kin 11:24 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 8:7 2 Kin 6:24 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 8:7 2 Kin 5:20 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 8:8 1 Kin 19:15, 17 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 8:8 1 Kin 14:3 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 8:8 2 Kin 1:2 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 8:9 2 Kin 5:13 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 8:10 2 Kin 8:14 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 8:10 2 Kin 8:15 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 8:11 Lit made his face stand fast and he set ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 8:11 2 Kin 2:17 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Kings 8:11 Luke 19:41 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Kings 8:12 Lit said ↩
  14. 14. 2 Kings 8:12 2 Kin 10:32, 33; 12:17; 13:3, 7 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Kings 8:12 2 Kin 15:16; Nah 3:10 ↩

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