Elisha said to him, &#8220;Go and tell him, &#8216;You will surely recover,&#8217;<n id="1" /> but the <sc>Lordsc> has revealed to me that he will surely die.&#8221;

He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad<n id="1" /> asked him, &#8220;What did Elisha tell you?&#8221; Hazael<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;He told me you would surely recover.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness.<n id="1" /> The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />