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2 Kings 8:15 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 8 · verse 15
And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.2 Kings 8:15 · King James Version
2 Kings 8:15 in context
13And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
14So 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.
15And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
16And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
17Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- morrowmochŏrâththe morrow or tomorrowH4283 →
- dippedṭâbalto dip, to immerseH2881 →
- spreadpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- HazaelChăzâʼêlChazael, a king of SyriaH2371 →
- clothmakbâra clothH4346 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15