2 Kings 8:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camels loaded with ·every good thing [the finest wares] in Damascus. He came and stood before Elisha and said, “Your son [^Ca term of respect, not literal] Ben-Hadad king of Aram sent me to you. He asks if he will recover from his sickness.”

¹⁰ Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and tell Ben-Hadad, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the Lord has told me he will really die [^Cperhaps indicating that Elisha knew that the king would soon die, but not from illness].” ¹¹ ·Hazael stared at Elisha [or Elisha stared at Hazael; ^LHe stared at him] until he felt ·ashamed [uneasy]. Then Elisha cried.