2Kings:8:7-15
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And Elisha came to Damascus ;
and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick ;
and he was told ,
saying ,
The man of God has come here .
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And the king said to Hazael ,
Take a present in your hand ,
and go ,
meet the man of God ,
and inquire of Yahweh by him ,
saying ,
Will I recover of this sickness ?
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So Hazael went to meet him ,
and took a present with him ,
even of every good thing of Damascus ,
forty camels '
burden ,
and came and stood before him ,
and said ,
Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you ,
saying ,
Will I recover of this sickness ?
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And Elisha said to him ,
Go ,
say to him ,
You will surely recover ;
nevertheless Yahweh has shown me that he will surely die .
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And he settled his countenance steadfastly [
on him ],
until he was ashamed :
and the man of God wept .
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And Hazael said ,
Why is my lord weeping ?
And he answered ,
Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel :
their strongholds you will set on fire ,
and their young men you will slay with the sword ,
and will dash in pieces their little ones ,
and rip up their pregnant women .
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And Hazael said ,
But what is your slave ,
who is but a dog ,
that he should do this great thing ?
And Elisha answered ,
Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Syria .
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Then he departed from Elisha ,
and came to his master ;
who said to him ,
What did Elisha say to you ?
And he answered ,
He told me that you would surely recover .
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And it came to pass on the next day ,
that he took the coverlet ,
and dipped it in water ,
and spread it on his face ,
so that he died :
and Hazael reigned in his stead .
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