2 KINGS 8:7

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“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.”

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2 Kings 8:7 Translation & Meaning

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And Elisha אֱלִישָׁע֙ Elisha, the famous prophet Elisha
came וַיָּבֹ֤א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) came
to Damascus; דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק Damascus, a city of Syria Damascus
and Ben-hadad הֲדַ֥ד Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings, possibly a royal title Benhadad
the king מֶֽלֶךְ A king king
of Syria אֲרָ֖ם Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite Syria
was sick; חֹלֶ֑ה Properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick sick
and it was told וַיֻּגַּד Properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise told
him, saying, לֵאמֹ֔ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
The man אִ֥ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) man
of God הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
is come בָּ֛א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) come
hither. הֵֽנָּה׃ Hither or thither (but used both of place and time) hither

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  • 5  And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

  • 6  And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

  • 7  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.

  • 8  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?

  • 9  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, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?




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