2 Kings 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.]
2 Kings 8:28
<03212> [A.M. 3120. B.C. 884. he went.]
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
Ramoth <07433> [Ramoth-gilead.]
2 Kings 8:8
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
Take <03947> [Take.]
oracle <01875> [enquire.]
2 Kings 8:13
dog <03611> [a dog.]
accomplish <06213> [he should do.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
