OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 8:7

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Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”

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Verse 7. Damascus, the territory, (verse 8.) to announce the king’s death, and to anoint Hazael, as God had ordered Elias, 3 Kennicott. 19:15. Calmet.—Sick, at the ill success of his late expedition. Josephus. Tirinus.

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