2 Kings 8:11

And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

In Context

10And Elisaie said, Go, say, You shall certainly live; yet the Lord has showed me that + 8:10 Complut. and Ald. ἀποθανεῖται. you shall surely die.

12And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: you will + 8:12 Gr. send away. utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and you will kill their choice men with the sword, and you will dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child you will rip up.

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Cross References

2 Kings 2:17And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not.

Jeremiah 9:1Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, even for the slain of the daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 13:17But if you⌃ will not listen, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.

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 →

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