Verse 8
2 Kings 8:8
World English Bible
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The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God (Elohim), and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל חֲזָהאֵ֗ל קַ֤ח בְּ/יָֽדְ/ךָ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה וְ/לֵ֕ךְ לִ/קְרַ֖את אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/דָרַשְׁתָּ֨ אֶת יְהוָ֤ה מֵֽ/אוֹת/וֹ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַ/אֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵ/חֳלִ֥י זֶֽה
English Translation
And the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'"
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you an...
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The woman arose, and did according to the man of God (Elohim)’s word. She went with her household, a...
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3
At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to...
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4
Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God (Elohim), saying, “Please tell me...
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5
As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman, whose so...
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6
When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying,...
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7
Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God (Eloh...
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8
The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God (Elohim), and inq...
9
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty...
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10
Elisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You will surely recover;’ however Yahweh has shown me that he wi...
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11
He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God (Elohim) wept.
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12
Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?”
He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to t...
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13
Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?”
Elisha...
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14
Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?”...
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15
On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he di...
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16
In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jeh...
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17
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign. He reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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18
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he married Ahab’s daughter. He...
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19
However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to...
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20
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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21
Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck t...
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22
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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23
The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicle...
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24
Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city; and Ahaziah his son r...
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25
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Juda...
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26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His m...
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27
He walked in the way of Ahab’s house, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s h...
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28
He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syr...
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29
King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah...
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