2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shown me that thou shalt surely die.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
11And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
Cross References
Genesis 41:39And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown thee all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than thou.
2 Kings 1:4For thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Elijah went, and said so to them.
2 Kings 8:13And Hazael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has shown me thee ruling over Syria.
Ezekiel 11:25And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the Lord which he had shown me.
Amos 3:7For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.
Amos 7:4Thus has the Lord shown me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord’s portion.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:8-16
Hazael's Barbarity Predicted. ( b. c. 885.) 7 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. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad… Read the whole commentary →