2 Kings 5:14

5:14

went down <03381> [went he down.]

instructed <01697> [according to.]

skin .... smooth <01320> [his flesh.]

healed <02891> [and he was clean.]

2 Kings 8:15

8:15

next day <04283> [And it came.]

next day <04283> [on the morrow.]

took ... piece of cloth <03947 04346> [that he took a thick cloth.]

There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the {keever,} or fly-net, (See Note on 1 Sa 19:13,) dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.

died <04191> [so that he died.]

Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]