Ben-hadad (2 Kings 6)

Ben-hadad (2 Kings 6) is a king living at the time of the divided monarchy. He is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 6:24.

Verses

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 6:24
  And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
• 2 Kings 8:7
  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.Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
• 2 Kings 8:9
  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?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?’”

Notes

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