Holy Scripture

2 Kings 8:12

A church father on this verse
“"Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover;' but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die." These were the words of Elisha to the king, who asked him, "Will I live after this illness?" But it seems that they do not agree with the truth of the events, and not even with each other. However, after the words r…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 8:10

Source: Septuagint

Original

12And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strongholds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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10And Elisha said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shown me that thou shalt surely die.

11And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

— 2 Kings 8:12 —

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.

14And he departed from Elisha, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisha to thee? and he said, He said to me, Thou shalt surely live.

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