Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Kings 8:15

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And it came: Kg2 8:13; Sa1 16:12, Sa1 16:13, Sa1 24:4-7, Sa1 24:13, Sa1 26:9-11; Kg1 11:26-37 on the morrow: Psa 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 Sa1 19:13), dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death. so that he died: Kg2 9:24, Kg2 15:10-14, Kg2 15:25, Kg2 15:30; Kg1 15:28, Kg1 16:10, Kg1 16:18; Isa 33:1 Hazael: Kg2 8:13; Kg1 19:15 4 Kings (2 Kings) 8:16

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