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2 Kings 8:7–8

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Elisha Meets with Hazael

8:7Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king10 was told, “The prophet11 has come here.” 8:8So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift12 and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him,13 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 11 Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).
  3. 12 The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”
  4. 13 Heb “Inquire of the Lord through him, saying.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,” the king said to Hazael, “Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Elisha came to Damascus while King Ben-hadad of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.” So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come, the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the Lord, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill, and he was told, “The man of God has come up here.” Then the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand and go meet the man of God. Inquire of Yahweh from him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this illness?’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?