Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

2 Kings 8:7

Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

KJV

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben–hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

⋯

Commentary

2 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֤אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935 →
אֱלִישָׁע֙'e.li.Sha'ElishaH477 →
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקda.Me.sekDamascusH1834 →
וּבֶן־u.ven-and BenH1130 →
הֲדַ֥דha.DadHadadH1130 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
אֲרָ֖ם'a.RamAramH758 →
חֹלֶ֑הcho.Leh[was] sickH2470 →
וַיֻּגַּד־vai.yu.gad-and it was toldH5046 →
ל֣וֹloto him
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בָּ֛אba'he has comeH935 →
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[the] man ofH376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
הֵֽנָּה׃He.nahhereH2008 →

The walk

Related verses

15 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Kings 6:24Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.1 Kings 11:24and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.1 Kings 20:1Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.2 Kings 2:15When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.1 Kings 15:18So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.Acts 17:6But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.2 Kings 6:12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”1 Kings 13:1Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.2 Kings 1:9–10Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”1 Kings 20:34Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.Genesis 14:15During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”Joshua 14:6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read chapter 8 →The featured study →
Continue: 2 Kings 8 →