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When the king was told, &#8220The man of God has come all the way up here,&#8221 <a href="/nlt/2_kings/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come, <a href="/esv/2_kings/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,” <a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/2_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a> And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, was sick, and it was told to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/nasb/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, &#8220The man of God has come here.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/lsb/2_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/amp/2_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad king of Aram (Syria) was sick; and he was told, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/csb/2_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Elisha came to Damascus while King Ben-hadad of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, &#8220The man of God has come here.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. <a href="/cev/2_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some time later Elisha went to the capital city of Damascus to visit King Benhadad of Syria, who was sick. And when Benhadad was told he was there, <a href="/erv/2_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Elisha went to Damascus. King Benhadad of Aram, who was sick, was told, "The man of God has come here." <a href="/gnt/2_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Elisha went to Damascus at a time when King Benhadad of Syria was sick. When the king was told that Elisha was there, <a href="/isv/2_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Later on, Elisha traveled to Damascus. King Ben-hadad of Aram was ill, but someone informed him, "The man of God has come here!" <a href="/msb/2_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/2_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here." <a href="/nheb/2_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Aram was sick. It was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here." <a href="/wbt/2_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told to him, saying, The man of God hath come hither. <a href="/web/2_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a> Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Elisha comes to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.” <a href="/ylt/2_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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.' <a href="/slt/2_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Elisha will come to Damascus: and the son of Hadad king of Aram was sick: and it will be announced to him, saying, The man of God came even here.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Eliseus also came to Damascus, and Benadad king of Syria was sick: and they told him, saying: The man of God is come hither. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Also, Elisha arrived in Damascus, and Benhadad, the king of Syria, was ill. And they reported to him, saying, “The man of God has arrived here.” <a href="/nabre/2_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Elisha came to Damascus at a time when Ben-hadad, king of Aram, lay sick. When he was told, “The man of God has come here,” <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Elisha went to Damascus while King Ben-hadad of Aram was ill. When it was told him, “The man of God has come here,”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And Elisha came to Damascus; and Bar-hadad the king of Aram was sick; and it was told him, saying, The prophet of God has come here. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Elisha came to Darmsuq, and Bar Hadad King of Edom was ill, and they told him and they said to him: “The Prophet of God has come here!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Aram was sick; and it was told him, saying. 'The man of God is come hither.' <a href="/sep/2_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/8-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=2570" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/8.htm">Hazael Murders Ben-hadad</a> 7<a href="/hebrew/477.htm" title="477: ’ĕ·lî·šā‘ (N-proper-ms) -- God is salvation, a well-known Isr. prophet. Contracted for Eliyshuwa'. Elisha, the famous prophet.">Then Elisha</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/1834.htm" title="1834: dam·me·śeq (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Aram (Syria). Or Duwmeseq; or Darmeseq; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.">to Damascus</a> <a href="/hebrew/1130.htm" title="1130: ū·ḇen-From ben and Hadad; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1130.htm" title="1130: hă·ḏaḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From ben and Hadad; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings.">while Ben-hadad</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ’ă·rām (N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">of Aram</a> <a href="/hebrew/2470.htm" title="2470: ḥō·leh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence to be weak, sick, afflicted; or to grieve, make sick; also to stroke, entreat.">was sick,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: way·yug·gaḏ- (Conj-w:: V-Hofal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">and the king was told,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">“The man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">has come</a> <a href="/hebrew/2008.htm" title="2008: hên·nāh (Adv) -- Hither. From hen; hither or thither.">here.”</a> 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?’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">2 Kings 5:1-14</a> Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ... <a href="/1_kings/19-15.htm">1 Kings 19:15-17</a> 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. / You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet. / Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu. <a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-37</a> One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.” ... <a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">2 Kings 13:14-19</a> When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” / Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows. / Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. ... <a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">1 Kings 17:17-24</a> Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him. / “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?” / But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. ... <a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8-23</a> Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” / Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.” / So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places. ... <a href="/2_kings/2-19.htm">2 Kings 2:19-22</a> Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.” / “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him, / and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’” ... <a href="/2_kings/3-11.htm">2 Kings 3:11-20</a> But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” / Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. / Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.” ... <a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">2 Kings 1:2-17</a> Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.” / But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ / Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed. ... <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">2 Kings 9:1-3</a> Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead. / When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room. / Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!” <a href="/matthew/8-5.htm">Matthew 8:5-13</a> When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, / “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” / “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied. ... <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a> And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” <a href="/john/4-46.htm">John 4:46-54</a> So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ... <a href="/acts/9-32.htm">Acts 9:32-35</a> As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda. / There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years. / “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up, ... <a href="/acts/10-38.htm">Acts 10:38</a> how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.Damascus<a href="/genesis/14-15.htm">Genesis 14:15</a> And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.<a href="/1_kings/11-24.htm">1 Kings 11:24</a> And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.<a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a> For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.Ben-hadad<a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">2 Kings 6:24</a> And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.<a href="/1_kings/15-18.htm">1 Kings 15:18</a> Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,<a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm">1 Kings 20:1,34</a> And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it… The man of God<a href="/2_kings/1-9.htm">2 Kings 1:9,10</a> Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down… <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">2 Kings 2:15</a> And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.<a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a> And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.is come<a href="/judges/16-2.htm">Judges 16:2</a> And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.<a href="/acts/17-6.htm">Acts 17:6</a> And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/7-16.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">Benhadad</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">Ben-Hadad</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-24.htm">Ben-Ha'dad</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-12.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-4.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm">Hither</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-5.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-15.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/8-13.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-9.htm">Benhadad</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-9.htm">Ben-Hadad</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-3.htm">Ben-Ha'dad</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-9.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-5.htm">Hither</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-16.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-29.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-9.htm">Syria</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 8</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, to avoid the famine, </a> 5. <a href="/2_kings/8-5.htm">for Elisha's miracle's sake has her land restored by the king.</a> 7. <a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm">Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad and succeeds him</a> 16. <a href="/2_kings/8-16.htm">Jehoram's wicked reign in Judah</a> 20. <a href="/2_kings/8-20.htm">Edom and Libnah revolt</a> 23. <a href="/2_kings/8-23.htm">Ahaziah succeeds Jehoram</a> 25. <a href="/2_kings/8-25.htm">Ahaziah's wicked reign</a> 28. <a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">He visits Joram, being wounded, at Jezreel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Elisha came to Damascus Elisha's journey to Damascus signifies a pivotal moment in his prophetic ministry, as Damascus was the capital of Aram, a nation often at odds with Israel. This visit underscores the reach of God's influence beyond Israel's borders. Historically, Damascus was a significant city in the ancient Near East, known for its strategic location and wealth. Elisha's presence there highlights the prophetic role in international affairs, reminiscent of Elijah's interactions with foreign powers (<a href="/1_kings/19-15.htm">1 Kings 19:15</a>).while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick Ben-hadad, a common name for Aramean kings, was a formidable adversary of Israel. His illness sets the stage for a divine intervention through Elisha. The mention of his sickness may indicate a moment of vulnerability, both personally and politically, for Aram. This context is crucial as it opens the door for God's message to be delivered to a foreign king, similar to how God used Joseph and Daniel in foreign courts (Genesis 41; <a href="/daniel/2.htm">Daniel 2</a>).and the king was told, The king's awareness of Elisha's presence suggests the prophet's reputation had spread beyond Israel. This acknowledgment by a foreign king highlights the respect and recognition Elisha commanded, akin to the acknowledgment of Joseph's wisdom by Pharaoh (<a href="/genesis/41-38.htm">Genesis 41:38-39</a>). It also sets the stage for the unfolding events, where divine insight will be sought from the prophet.“The man of God has come here.” The title "man of God" is a significant recognition of Elisha's role and authority as a prophet. It denotes a person who speaks on behalf of God, carrying divine authority and insight. This acknowledgment by a foreign court underscores the universal recognition of God's power and the prophetic office. It also foreshadows the influence Elisha will have in the events to follow, similar to how Jesus was recognized as a man of God by those outside the Jewish community (<a href="/mark/5-7.htm">Mark 5:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a> A prophet of God, successor to Elijah, known for performing miracles and providing guidance to the kings of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/d/damascus.htm">Damascus</a> The capital city of Aram (modern-day Syria), a significant political and trade center in the ancient Near East. 3. <a href="/topical/b/ben-hadad.htm">Ben-hadad</a> The king of Aram, who was ill at the time of Elisha's visit. His name means "son of Hadad," a storm god worshiped in the region. 4. <a href="/topical/a/aram.htm">Aram</a> A kingdom located in present-day Syria, often in conflict with Israel during the time of the kings. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_man_of_god.htm">The man of God</a> A term used to refer to prophets, emphasizing their role as messengers and representatives of the divine.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> Elisha's presence in Damascus signifies God's influence beyond Israel, reminding us that God's sovereignty extends over all nations and leaders. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Prophets like Elisha serve as God's messengers, providing guidance and revealing God's will. We should seek to understand and heed God's word through Scripture and godly counsel. <a href="/topical/d/divine_appointments.htm">Divine Appointments</a> Elisha's visit to Damascus was not coincidental but divinely orchestrated. We should be attentive to God's timing and purpose in our interactions and circumstances. <a href="/topical/g/god's_concern_for_all_people.htm">God's Concern for All People</a> The interaction between Elisha and the Arameans shows that God's concern is not limited to Israel but extends to all people. We are called to share God's love and truth with everyone, regardless of their background. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> Elisha's journey to a foreign land demonstrates faith in action. We are encouraged to step out in faith, trusting God to use us in unexpected ways and places.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 8</a> <a href="/q/is_hazael's_rise_in_2_kings_8_7-15_confirmed.htm">In 2 Kings 8:7–15, is there any archaeological or extrabiblical source confirming Hazael’s rise to power exactly as described? </a> <a href="/q/why_does_elisha_predict_recovery,_then_death.htm">In 2 Kings 8:7–15, why does Elisha first tell Hazael the king will recover but then predict his death—does this not seem contradictory? </a> <a href="/q/who_was_hazael_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Hazael in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_1_kings_19_fit_with_elijah's_story.htm">How does 1 Kings 19 fit with other biblical accounts of Elijah and the broader historical context, considering potential timeline or narrative discrepancies? (1 Kings 19)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7-15) Elisha's visit to Damascus, and its consequences.(7) And Elisha came to Damascus.--In the fragmentary condition of the narrative, why he came is not clear. Rashi suggests that it was to fetch back Gehazi, who had fled to the Syrians (!), an idea based upon <a href="/1_kings/2-39.htm" title="And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants be in Gath.">1Kings 2:39</a>, seq. Keil and others think the prophet went with the intention of anointing Hazael, in accordance with a supposed charge of Elijah's. (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/19-15.htm" title="And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:">1Kings 19:15</a>, where Elijah himself is bidden to anoint Hazael). Ewald believes that Elisha retreated to Damascene territory, in consequence of the strained relations existing between him and Jehoram, owing to the latter's toleration of idolatry. Obviously all this rests upon pure conjecture. It is clear from <a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm" title="And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.">2Kings 8:7</a> that Elisha's visit was not expected in Damascus, and further, that there was peace at the time between Damascus and Samaria. We do not know how much of Elisha's history has been omitted between <a href="/2_kings/7-20.htm" title="And so it fell out to him: for the people stepped on him in the gate, and he died.">2Kings 7:20</a> and <a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm" title="And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.">2Kings 8:7</a>; but we may fairly assume that a divine impulse led the prophet to Damascus. The revelation, of which he speaks in <a href="/2_kings/8-10.htm" title="And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You may certainly recover: however, the LORD has showed me that he shall surely die.">2Kings 8:10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/8-13.htm" title="And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has showed me that you shall be king over Syria.">2Kings 8:13</a>, probably came to him at the time, and so was not the occasion of his journey. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 7-15. - Elisha's visit to Damascus, and its consequences. It has been usual to connect this visit of Elisha's to Damascus with the commission given to Elijah many years previously, to anoint Hazael to be king over Syria (<a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm">1 Kings 19:16</a>). But it is certainly worthy of remark that neither is Elijah authorized to devolve his corn-mission on another, nor is he said to have done so, nor is there any statement in the present narrative or elsewhere that Elisha anointed Hazael. It is therefore quite possible that Elisha's journey was wholly unconnected with the command given to Elijah. It may, as Ewald imagines, have been the consequence of disorders and dangers in Samaria, growing out of the divergence of views between Jehoram and the queen-mother Jezebel, who still retained considerable influence over the government; and Elisha may have taken his journey, not so much for the sake of a visit, as of a prolonged sojourn. That he attracted the attention both of Benhadad and of his successor Hazael is not surprising. Verse 7. - And Elisha came to Damascus. It was a bold step, whatever the circumstances that led to it. Not very long previously the Syrian king had made extraordinary efforts to capture Elisha, intending either to kin him or to keep him confined as a prisoner (<a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm">2 Kings 6:18-19</a>). Elisha had subsequently helped to baffle his plans of conquest, and might be thought to have caused the disgraceful retreat of the Syrian army from the walls of Samaria, which he had certainly prophesied (<a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">2 Kings 7:1</a>). But Elisha was not afraid. He was probably commissioned to take his journey, whether its purpose was the anointing of Hazael or no. And Benhadad the King of Syria was sick. Ewald supposes that this "sickness" was the result of the disgrace and discredit into which he had fallen since his ignominious retreat, without assignable reason, from before the walls of Samaria; but Ben-hadad must have been of an age When the infirmities of nature press in upon a man, and when illness has to be expected. He was a contemporary of Ahab (<a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm">1 Kings 20:1</a>), who had now been dead ten or twelve years. And it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. Elisha seems to have attempted no concealment of his presence. No sooner was he arrived than his coming was reported to Benhadad. The Syrians had by this time learnt to give him the name by which he was commonly known (<a href="/2_kings/4-7.htm">2 Kings 4:7, 21, 40</a>; <a href="/2_kings/5-20.htm">2 Kings 5:20</a>; <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">2 Kings 6:6, 10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/7-2.htm">2 Kings 7:2, 18</a>) in Israel. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/8-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Elisha אֱלִישָׁע֙ (’ĕ·lî·šā‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_477.htm">Strong's 477: </a> Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet came וַיָּבֹ֤א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to Damascus דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק (dam·me·śeq) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1834.htm">Strong's 1834: </a> Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria) while Ben-hadad הֲדַ֥ד (hă·ḏaḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1130.htm">Strong's 1130: </a> Ben-hadad -- 'son of Hadad', the name of several Aramean (Syrian) kings king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king of Aram אֲרָ֖ם (’ă·rām) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> Aram -- Syria was sick, חֹלֶ֑ה (ḥō·leh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2470.htm">Strong's 2470: </a> To be weak or sick and the king was told, וַיֻּגַּד־ (way·yug·gaḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> To be conspicuous “The man אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative has come בָּ֛א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go here.” הֵֽנָּה׃ (hên·nāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2008.htm">Strong's 2008: </a> Hither, thither <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/8-7.htm">2 Kings 8:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 8:7 Elisha came to Damascus (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/8-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 8:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/8-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 8:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 8:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>