II Kings 08 Hazael Kills Ben-Adam

 II Kings 08

Hazael Kills Ben-Adam

7 Then Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Adam king of Syria was sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here.

8 Then the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord for him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present in his hand, forty camels' load of all that was good in Damascus. And he came and stood before him and said, 'Your son Ben-Adam king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'

10 And Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, 'You will certainly not recover. For the Lord has shown me that he will certainly die.'

11 And he lifted up his eyes, and looked intently at him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12 And Hazael said, Why weepest thou, my lord? And he said, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their fortresses shalt thou set on fire, and their young men shalt thou slay with the sword, and shalt dash their little ones in pieces, and shalt rip up their pregnant women.

13 And Hazael said, What is thy servant, that he is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha said, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Aram.

14 And he departed from Elisha, and came to his lord: and his lord said unto him, What said Elisha to thee? And he said, He said unto me that thou shalt surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a blanket, and dipped it in water, and spread it upon his face, and died. And Hazael reigned in his stead.