Discovery Box2 Kings 8:7 
ContextElisha Meets with Hazael
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.”
2 Kings 8:15
Context8:15 The next day Hazael 3 took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s 4 face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
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 Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
