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 of this disease?
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Gill's Exposition
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him,.... As was usual when a prophet or seer was consulted, see Sa1 9:7.
even of every good thing of Damascus; which was a very fruitful place,…
Barnes' Notes
Every good thing of Damascus - Probably, besides rich robes and precious metals, the luscious wine of Helbon, which was the drink of the Persian kings, the soft white wool of the anti-Libanus Eze…
Here, I. We may enquire what brought Elisha to Damascus, the chief city of Syria. Was he sent to any but the lost sheep of the house of Israel? It seems he was. Perhaps he went to pay a visit to…
Cambridge Bible
evenof every good thing of Damascus Cf. the present which Jacob sent by his sons when they were going down into Egypt to buy food (Gen 43:11), -Take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and…
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