2 Kings 8:9
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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, Thy son Ben–hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
In other translations
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?So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Hebrew words
וַיֵּלֶךְvaiyelekhand he wentH1980חֲזָאֵלchaza'elHazaelH2371לִקְרָאתוֹlikratoto meet himH7122וַיִּקַּחvaiyikachand he tookH3947מִנְחָהminchaha giftH4503בְיָדוֹveyadoin hand hisH3027וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605טוּבtuv<the> good thing ofH2898דַּמֶּשֶׂקdamesekDamascusH1834מַשָּׂאmasa'[the] load ofH4853אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imfortyH705גָּמָלgamalcamel[s]H1581וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he cameH935וַיַּעֲמֹדvaiya'amodand he stoodH5975לְפָנָיוlefanav<to> before himH6440וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בִּנְךָbinkhason yourH1121בֶן־ven-BenH1130הֲדַדhadadHadadH1130מֶלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428אֲרָם'aramAramH758שְׁלָחַנִיshelachanihe has sent meH7971אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הַאֶחְיֶהha'echyeh¿ will I liveH2421מֵחֳלִיmecholifrom sicknessH2483זֶה׃zehthisH2088
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People and places
People: Ben-hadad (2 Kings 6), Hazael