King James Version
2 Kings 8:11 in the King James Version says “And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. stedfastly: Heb. and set it” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. stedfastly: Heb. and set it”
2 Kings 8:11 · KJV
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 Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? with: Heb. in his hand
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. stedfastly: Heb. and set it
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he settled”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his countenance”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“stedfastly”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“until he was ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“and the man”
H376a 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)
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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