2 Kings 8:8-15
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
Take <03947> [Take.]
oracle <01875> [enquire.]
Hazael <02371> [Hazael.]
<03027> [with him. Heb. in his hand.]
son ... Ben Hadad <01121 01130> [Thy son Ben-hadad.]
surely recover <02421> [Thou mayest.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
surely die <04191> [he shall surely die.]
Hazael <07760> [stedfastly. Heb. and set it. wept.]
master <0113> [my Lord.]
trouble <07451> [the evil.]
bits <07376> [dash.]
dog <03611> [a dog.]
accomplish <06213> [he should do.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
asked ...... tell .... replied ... told .... would surely recover <0559 02421> [He told me.]
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.]
