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 Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Hazael	חֲזָאֵל֮ cha.za.'El	H2371	Chazael · proper noun, a man's name
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering
took	וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
present	מִנְחָ֤ה min.Chah	H4503	a donation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
him	בְיָדוֹ֙ ve.ya.Do	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
thing	ט֣וּב tuv	H2898	good (as a noun) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Damascus	דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק da.Me.sek	H1834	Damascus · proper noun, a place name
forty	אַרְבָּעִ֣ים 'ar.ba.'Im	H705	forty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
camels’	גָּמָ֑ל ga.Mal	H1581	a camel · noun, common both genders singular absolute
burden	מַשָּׂ֖א ma.Sa'	H4853	a burden · noun, common masculine singular construct
came	וַיָּבֹא֙ vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
stood	וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד vai.ya.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לְפָנָ֔יו le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
son	בִּנְךָ֨ bin.Kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Ben-hadad	בֶן ven-	H1130	Ben-Hadad · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Syria	אֲרָם֙ 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
sent	שְׁלָחַ֤נִי she.la.Cha.ni	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
recover	הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה ha.'ech.Yeh	H2421	to live · interrogative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
disease	מֵחֳלִ֥י me.cho.Li	H2483	malady · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray t…
1 Kings 19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
2 Kings 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of s…
2 Kings 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have…
2 Kings 6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kings 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and sai…
2 Kings 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of th…
Philemon 1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:7-15

Here, I. We may enquire what brought Elisha to Damascus, the chief city of Syria. Was he sent to any but the lost sheep of the house of Israel? It seems he was. Perhaps he went to pay a visit to Naaman his convert, and to confirm him in his choice of the true religion, which was the more needful now because, it should seem, he was not out of his place (for Hazael is supposed to be captain of that host); either he resigned it or was turned out of it, because he would not bow, or not bow heartily, in the house of Rimmon. Some think he went to Damascus upon account of the famine, or rather he went thither in obedience to the orders God gave Elijah, Kg1 19:15, "Go to Damascus to anoint Hazael, t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:9

forty camels' burden--The present, consisting of the rarest and most valuable produce of the land, would be liberal and magnificent. But it must not be supposed it was actually so large as to require forty camels to carry it. The Orientals are fond of display, and would, ostentatiously, lay upon forty beasts what might very easily have been borne by four. Thy son Ben-hadad--so called from the established usage of designating the prophet "father." This was the same Syrian monarch who had formerly persecuted him (see Kg2 6:13-14).

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:8

Take a present in thine hand - But what an immense present was this-forty camels' burden of every good thing of Damascus! The prophet would need to have a very large establishment at Damascus to dispose of so much property.

John Gill on 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:…

Dictionary and topics

Ben-hadad — The standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning “the son of Hadad.” (See HADADEZER.) (1.) The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1 Kings 15:18). (2.) Son of the…
Benhadad — (son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus, which in his time was supreme in Syria. He made an alliance with Asa, and conquered a great part of the north of…
Camel — From the Hebrew gamal, “to repay” or “requite,” as the camel does the care of its master. There are two distinct species of camels, having, however, the common characteristics of being “ruminants…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Elisha — God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his…
Gift — (1.) An gratuity (Prov. 19:6) to secure favour (18:16; 21:14), a thank-offering (Num. 18:11), or a dowry (Gen. 34:12). (2.) An oblation or proppitatory gift (2Sa 8:2, 6; 1Ch 18:2, 6; 2Ch 26:8; Ps.…
Hazael — Whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15), after he had put the king to death (2…
Camel, The · Used for: Carrying burdens — Used for: Carrying burdens
Hazael · Conspires against, mur — Conspires against, mur
Presents · Often conveyed on camels — Often conveyed on camels
Prophets · .Presents

2 Kings 8:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:7-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:9

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:8

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:9

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 8:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:7-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:9

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:8

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 8:7-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 8:9

Rashi on 2 Kings 8:7