New English Translation
2 Kings 8:11
11Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying.
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 visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” 10Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die.” Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying. 12Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.” 13Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.”
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וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד אֶת־פָּנָ֖יו וַיָּ֣שֶׂם עַד־בֹּ֑שׁ וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 8:11
- Genesis 45:2He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
- Psalms 119:136Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. צ (Tsade)
- Jeremiah 4:19I said, “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!
- Jeremiah 9:1(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
- Jeremiah 14:17“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
- Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Acts 20:19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
- Romans 9:2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- Philippians 3:18For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the 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
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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
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