King James Version
2 Kings 8:7 in the King James Version says “And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is com...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.”
2 Kings 8:7 · KJV
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.
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. officer: or, eunuch
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
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
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“of Syria”
H758aram or syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of shem, a grandson of nahor, and of an israelite
“was sick”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
“and it was told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“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
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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