2 Kings 8:15 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 8:15

But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A thick cloth - Probably, a cloth or mat placed between the head and the upper part of the bedstead, which in Egypt and Assyria was often so shaped that pillows (in our sense) were unnecessary. The objection that Elisha is involved in the guilt of having suggested the deed, has no real force or value. Hazael was no more obliged to murder Benhadad because a prophet announced to him that he would one day be king of Syria, than David was obliged to murder Saul because another prophet anointed him king in Saul’s room 1Sa 16:1-13.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Hazael, who was Ben-hadad's confidant, was his murderer, and some think, was not suspected, nor did the truth ever come out but by the pen of this inspired historian.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת	mi.mo.cho.Rat	from [the] next day	H4283 →
וַיִּקַּ֤ח	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
הַמַּכְבֵּר֙	ha.makh.Ber	the coverlet	H4346 →
וַיִּטְבֹּ֣ל	vai.yit.Bol	and he dipped [it]	H2881 →
בַּמַּ֔יִם	ba.Ma.yim	in <the> water	H4325 →
וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ	vai.yif.Ros	and he spread [it] out	H6566 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
פָּנָ֖יו	pa.Nav	face his	H6440 →
וַיָּמֹ֑ת	vai.ya.Mot	and he died	H4191 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
חֲזָהאֵ֖ל	cha.za.h.'El	Hazael	H2371 →
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 8:13
“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:43
  “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Kings 19:15
  Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- 2 Samuel 9:8
  Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”
- Matthew 7:6
  Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Psalms 22:16
  For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Through
2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
leads to
- 2 Kings 17:1
  In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Through
1 Kings 19:15
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
leads to
- Jeremiah 1:10
  See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
- Isaiah 45:1
  This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates…

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PersonDivided kingdomHazaelThe Aramean officer over whose face Elisha wept, foreseeing the cruelty of his coming reign; king of Aram and scourge of Israel.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Kings