2 Kings 8:9 meaning and explanation

So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

2 Kings 8:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Hazael, an officer of the Aramean court, comes to Elisha on behalf of Ben-hadad, king of Aram, who lies sick in Damascus. The gift is enormous, forty camel loads of the best goods of the city, fitting for a king consulting a prophet.

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