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And the king said unto Hazael, “Take a present in thine hand and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

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 king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this disease?’”

10 And Elisha said unto him, “Go, say unto him, ‘Thou mayest certainly recover’. However the Lord hath shown me that he shall surely die.”

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