Verse 7
2 Kings 8:7
New Living Translation
7
Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God (Elohim) had come,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֤א אֱלִישָׁע֙ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וּ/בֶן הֲדַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָ֖ם חֹלֶ֑ה וַ/יֻּגַּד ל֣/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר בָּ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים עַד הֵֽנָּה
English Translation
And Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick, and it was told to him, saying, "A man of God has come here."
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some...
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So the woman did as the man of God (Elohim) instructed. She took her family and settled in the land...
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3
After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king a...
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4
As she came in, the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God (Elohim). The king h...
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5
And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very m...
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6
“Is this true?” the king asked her. And she told him the story. So he directed one of his officials...
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7
Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the k...
8
the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God (Elohim). Then tell him to ask the LORD, ‘Wi...
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9
So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He wen...
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10
And Elisha replied, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But actually the LORD has shown me...
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11
Elisha stared at Hazael with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy. Then the man of God (Elohim) s...
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12
“What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him. Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will...
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13
Hazael responded, “How could a nobody like me ever accomplish such great things?” Elisha answered, “...
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14
When Hazael left Elisha and went back, the king asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” And Hazael re...
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15
But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king’s face until h...
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16
Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to rule over Judah in the fifth year of the reign of...
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17
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
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18
But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had m...
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19
But the LORD did not want to destroy Judah, for he had promised his servant David that his descendan...
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20
During Jehoram’s reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
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21
So Jehoram went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair. The Edomites surrounded him and hi...
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22
So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that sam...
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23
The rest of the events in Jehoram’s reign and everything he did are recorded in <i>The Book of the H...
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24
When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah becam...
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25
Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Aha...
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26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His moth...
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27
Ahaziah followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, j...
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28
Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the A...
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29
he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth. Because Joram was wound...
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