Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 8:11
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Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
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And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
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He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.
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And he settled his countenance stedfastly [upon him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
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2 Kings 8
9 So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
10 Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
11 Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
13 “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
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