Verse 9

2 Kings 8:9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

9 And Hazael went to meet him, taking with him presents, and all the good things of Damascus, the burdens of forty camels. And when he stood before him, he said: Thy son Benadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying: Can I recover of this my illness?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ חֲזָאֵל֮ לִ/קְרָאת/וֹ֒ וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח מִנְחָ֤ה בְ/יָד/וֹ֙ וְ/כָל ט֣וּב דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק מַשָּׂ֖א אַרְבָּעִ֣ים גָּמָ֑ל וַ/יָּבֹא֙ וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֣ד לְ/פָנָ֔י/ו וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר בִּנְ/ךָ֨ בֶן הֲדַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָם֙ שְׁלָחַ֤/נִי אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַ/אֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵ/חֳלִ֥י זֶֽה
English Translation
And Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, and all the good of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he came and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben Hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to say, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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2 And she arose, and did according to the word of the man of God (Elohim): and going with her househol... Focus ↗
3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines, and she... Focus ↗
4 And the king talked with Giezi, the servant of the man of God (Elohim), saying: Tell me all the grea... Focus ↗
5 And when he was telling the king how he had raised one dead to life, the woman appeared, whose son h... Focus ↗
6 And the king asked the woman: and she told him. And the king appointed her an eunuch, saying: Restor... Focus ↗
7 Eliseus also came to Damascus, and Benadad king of Syria was sick: and they told him, saying: The ma... Focus ↗
8 And the king said to Hazael: Take with thee presents, and go to meet the man of God (Elohim), and co... Focus ↗
9 And Hazael went to meet him, taking with him presents, and all the good things of Damascus, the burd...
10 And Eliseus said to him: Go tell him: Thou shalt recover: bat the Lord hath shewn me that he shall s... Focus ↗
11 And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God (Elohim) wept. Focus ↗
12 And Hazael said to him: Why doth my lord weep? And he said: Because I know the evil that thou wilt d... Focus ↗
13 And Hazael said: But what am I thy servant a dog, that I should do this great thing? And Eliseus sai... Focus ↗
14 And when he was departed from Eliseus, he came to his master, who said to him: What saith Eliseus to... Focus ↗
15 And on the next day he took a blanket, and pouted water on it, and spread it upon his face: and he d... Focus ↗
16 In the fifth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, and of Josaphat king of Juda, reigned Joram... Focus ↗
17 He was two and thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. Focus ↗
18 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter... Focus ↗
19 But the Lord would not destroy Juda, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him, to give h... Focus ↗
20 In his days Edom revolted, from being under Juda, and made themselves a king. Focus ↗
21 And Joram came to Seira, and all the chariots with him: and he arose in the night, and defeated the... Focus ↗
22 So Edom revolted from being under Juda, unto this day. Then Lobna also revolted at the same time. Focus ↗
23 But the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the word... Focus ↗
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David, and Ochozias his so... Focus ↗
25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achab king of Israel, reigned Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda... Focus ↗
26 Ochozias was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem:... Focus ↗
27 And he walked in the ways of the house of Achab: and he did evil before the Lord, as did the house o... Focus ↗
28 He went also with Joram son of Achab, to fight against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth Galaad, and th... Focus ↗
29 And he went back to be healed, in Jezrahel: because the Syrians had wounded him in Ramoth when he fo... Focus ↗