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