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Hazael greeted Elisha with a gift and with kindness. He did as instructed and offered him many excellent items from Damascus—40 camel loads of gifts.

Hazael (standing before Elisha): Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, who honors you like a father, has asked me to come to you and ask you, “Am I going to get well?”

Elisha: 10 Yes, he will get well, but the Eternal has revealed to me that Ben-hadad will certainly die.

11 Elisha held his gaze on Hazael until the prophet was ashamed, but then the man of God broke down and cried.

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