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2 Reyes 8:9

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9 Jazael fue a ver a Eliseo, y como regalo le llev贸 de las mejores mercanc铆as de Damasco, cargadas en cuarenta camellos. Cuando lleg贸, se present贸 ante 茅l y le dijo:鈥擝en Adad, rey de Siria, su servidor,[a] me ha enviado para preguntarle si 茅l se va a recuperar de su enfermedad.

2 Reyes 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him
As was usual when a prophet or seer was consulted, see ( 1 Samuel 9:7 )

even of every good thing of Damascus;
which was a very fruitful place, and had abundance of gardens and orchards in it, which yielded excellent fruit, and of such it is probable the present consisted, and which was large:

even forty camels' burden:
which, as they are strong creatures, will bear a great deal. Abarbinel thinks, bread, flesh, and wine, and fowls, were in the present, but not gold, silver, and raiment, which the prophet had refused to take of Naaman; the Jews have a fable, that there was a precious stone in it, worth all the good things of Damascus:

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?
he calls him his son, in veneration of the prophet as a father, as such men were called.

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2 Reyes 8:9 In-Context

7 Luego Eliseo se fue a Damasco. Ben Adad, rey de Siria, estaba enfermo, y cuando le avisaron que el hombre de Dios hab铆a llegado,
8 le orden贸 a Jazael: 芦Ll茅vale un regalo al hombre de Dios. Cuando lo veas, consulta al SE脩OR por medio de 茅l para saber si me voy a recuperar de esta enfermedad禄.
9 Jazael fue a ver a Eliseo, y como regalo le llev贸 de las mejores mercanc铆as de Damasco, cargadas en cuarenta camellos. Cuando lleg贸, se present贸 ante 茅l y le dijo:鈥擝en Adad, rey de Siria, su servidor, me ha enviado para preguntarle si 茅l se va a recuperar de su enfermedad.
10 Eliseo respondi贸:鈥擵e y dile que sobrevivir谩 a esa enfermedad, aunque el SE脩OR me ha revelado que de todos modos va a morir.
11 Luego Eliseo se qued贸 mir谩ndolo fijamente, hasta que Jazael se sinti贸 inc贸modo. Entonces el hombre de Dios se ech贸 a llorar.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] "servidor" . Lit. "hijo" .

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