8:7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king 1 was told, “The prophet 2 has come here.” 8:8 So the king told Hazael, “Take a gift 3 and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 4 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).
3 tn The Hebrew text also has “in your hand.”
4 tn Heb “Inquire of the