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Elisha went to Damascus; and Benhadad, the king of Syria, was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
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And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
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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 Benhadad, king of Syria, has sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
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And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou may certainly recover. But the LORD has showed me that he shall surely die.
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And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.
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Then Hazael said unto him, Why does my lord weep? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the sons 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.
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And Hazael said, But what,
is thy slave a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has showed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria.
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So he departed from Elisha and came to his master; who said to him, What did Elisha say to thee? And he answered, He told me
that thou may surely recover.
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And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped
it in water and spread
it on his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead.
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And in the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat
being then king of Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, began to reign.
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He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.