2 Kings 8:7 “Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, an…”

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad the King of Aram was sicke, and one told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, 'The man of God hath come hither.'

Bible in Basic English

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

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Cross references

“Damascus”

1 Kings 11:24 Genesis 14:15 Isaiah 7:8

1 Kings 11:24 · BSB

and 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.

Genesis 14:15 · BSB

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Isaiah 7:8 · BSB

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

“Ben-hadad”

2 Kings 6:24 1 Kings 20:1 1 Kings 15:18 1 Kings 20:34

2 Kings 6:24 · BSB

Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

1 Kings 20:1 · BSB

Now 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.

1 Kings 15:18 · BSB

So 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 so…

1 Kings 20:34 · BSB

Ben-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…

“The man of God”

2 Kings 2:15 2 Kings 6:12 Deuteronomy 33:1 1 Kings 13:1 2 Kings 1:9 2 Kings 1:10

2 Kings 2:15 · BSB

When the sons of the prophets who were watching 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.

2 Kings 6:12 · BSB

But 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.”

Deuteronomy 33:1 · BSB

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

1 Kings 13:1 · BSB

Suddenly, 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 · BSB

Then 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!’”

2 Kings 1:10 · BSB

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

“is come”

Judges 16:2 Acts 17:6

Judges 16:2 · BSB

When 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.”

Acts 17:6 · BSB

But 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,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6When the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”

8So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

Read 2 Kings 8