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2 Kings 8:15

2 Kings 8:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

And it came: ; , , , ;

on the morrow: ;

that he took a thick cloth: There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the keever:, or fly-net. (See note on ), dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.

so that he died: , , , ; , , ;

Hazael: ;

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