2Ki 8:12-15 | TSK | STEP | my Lord. the evil. dash.

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 1 Sa 19:13,) dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.

so that he died.

9:24; 15:10-14,25,30; 1Ki 15:28; 16:10,18; Isa 33:1

Hazael.

13; 1Ki 19:15