Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
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Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
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So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
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Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him: 'What said Elisha to thee?' And he answered: 'He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.'
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 8:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 8:10 Elisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You will surely recover;’ however Yahweh has shown me that he will surely die.”
- 2 Kings 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
- Matthew 26:16 From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came…
2Ki 8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me [that] thou shouldest surely recover.
Ver. 14. He told me thou shouldst surely recover.] He relateth the prophet’s words with the same honesty, saith Junius, as he afterwards strangled his master, aud stopped his breath.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He represents the prophet’s answer by halves, that by…
He represents the prophet’s answer by halves, that by his master’s security he might have the fitter opportunity to execute his reasonable design.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So he departed from Elisha, and came to his…
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master,.... Benhadad king of Syria:
who said to him, what said Elisha to thee? concerning his recovery, which was the thing uppermost in his mind, and he was eagerly desirous to know how it would be:
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and he answered, he told me that thou shouldest surely recover; which was false; for he only said that he "might", and not that he should; and he concealed what he also declared, that though he might recover of his disease, yet that he should surely die in another way.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 8:14. He told me that thou shouldest surely…
2Ki 8:14. He told me that thou shouldest surely recover — This was abominably false. He told him he should die, 2Ki 8:10; but Hazael unfairly and unfaithfully concealed that, either because he was loath to put the king out of humour with bad news, or because he thought he should thereby the more easily put in execution the design which he had already formed against his life, finding he was to be his successor, and which he was eager to see accomplished. Elisha’s prediction might give Satan an occasion of suggesting this villany to his mind; but, as Mr. Scott justly observes, “it was not the cause of his crime, and forms no excuse for it. Had he been of David’s disposition, he would have waited in the path of duty till the Lord had performed his word in that manner which pleased him.” Thus he soon began to manifest the rapaciousness and cruelty of the dog, of which he desired to be thought incapable.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Hazael omitted the clause by which Elisha had shown…
Hazael omitted the clause by which Elisha had shown how those words were to be understood. He thus deceived his master, while he could flatter himself that he had not uttered a lie.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. He told me… thou shouldest surely recover —…
14. He told me… thou shouldest surely recover — This, as we have seen above, is the exact opposite of what Elisha said, made so by the omission of the single word לא, not. Hazael thus deceived Ben-hadad, expecting, probably, to put him off his guard. He who had murder in his heart, and whom Elisha’s words had inspired to a boundless ambition, was none too good to lie.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. So [R.V. Then] he departed from Elisha] The…
14. So [R.V. Then] he departed from Elisha] The last words of the prophet had shewn him that his whole aim was clear in Elisha’s sight, and his character thoroughly read. He had been treated as a man who would give a soft answer whatever the real message might be, and now he is sent away with the knowledge that the Lord sees all his policy. But he was a determined spirit, and the words of the prophet did not act as a check, but set him on a bolder course of villainy. He first acts the part that had been imputed to him, and with a lying tongue says ‘He told me thou shouldest surely recover’. After that he cannot wait for time to bring about what God had said would be, but by a short road comes to the throne after smothering his master.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) That thou shouldest surely recover.—Rather, Thou wilt certainly…
(14) That thou shouldest surely recover.—Rather, Thou wilt certainly live, repeating Elisha’s actual words, but not the tone and gesture which accompanied them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So he departed from Elisha, and came to his…
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. This, as already observed, was giving half Elisha"s answer, and suppressing the other half. The suppressio veri is a suggestio falsi; and the suppression was Hazael"s act, not Elisha"s. Had Hazael repeated the whole of Elisha"s answer, "Say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit the Lord hath showed me that he shall surely die; Benhadad might have been puzzled, but he would not have beendeceived.
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