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2 Kings 8:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: forty camel-loads of all the finest products of Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, ‘Your son,  King Ben-hadad of Aram, has sent me to ask you, “Will I recover from this sickness? ” ’

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But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.


So Ahaz sent messengers  to King Tiglath-pileser  of Assyria, saying, ‘I am your servant and your son. March up and save me from the grasp of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.’


When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, ‘My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ’


When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ‘Should I kill them,  should I kill them, my father? ’


But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father,  if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’


Therefore, the king of Aram said, ‘Go, and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.’ So he went and took with him 350 kilograms  of silver, 70 kilograms  of gold, and ten sets of clothing.


Then the Lord said to him, ‘Go and return by the way you came to the Wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael  as king over Aram.


Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favour with you, for we have come on a feast  day.  Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.” ’


‘Suppose we do go,’ Saul said to his servant, ‘what do we take the man? The food from our packs is gone, and there’s no gift to take to the man of God.  What do we have? ’


So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple  and the treasuries of the royal palace and gave it to his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad  son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus,  saying,


Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey,  and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.’


Ahaziah  had fallen through the latticed window of his upstairs room in Samaria  and was injured. So he sent messengers, instructing them, ‘Go and enquire of Baal-zebub,  , the god of Ekron,  whether I will recover from this injury.’


a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;





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