2Ki 8:15 | TSK | e4.org | And it came ; , , , ; on the morrow ; that he took a thick cloth There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the keever , or fly-net. (See note on ), dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death. so that he died , , , ; , , ; Hazael ;

‏ 2 Kings 8:15

And it came 2Kgs 8:13; 1Sam 16:12-13, 1Sam 24:4-7, 1Sam 24:13, 1Sam 26:9-11; 1Kgs 11:26-37

that he took a thick cloth There is a considerable degree of ambiguity in this passage. The pronoun he is generally referred to Hazael; but Dr. Geddes and others are decidedly of the opinion, that we should understand by it Ben-hadad; who, encouraged by the favourable answer of Elisha, as reported by Hazael, adopted a violent remedy to allay the heat of his fever, and put over his face the keever, or fly-net. (See note on 1Sam 19:13), dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.

so that he died 2Kgs 9:24, 2Kgs 15:10-14, 2Kgs 15:25, 2Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 15:28, 1Kgs 16:10, 1Kgs 16:18; Isa 33:1

Hazael 2Kgs 8:13; 1Kgs 19:15