2 Kgs 8:15

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And it came.

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

on the morrow.

Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1

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 1 Sa 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