2 Kings 8:15

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ The following day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and smothered the king. Hazael succeeded Benhadad as king of Syria.

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And it came.
2 Kings 8:13; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 24:4-7; 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 26:9-11; 1 Kings 11:26-37
on the morrow.
Psalms 36:4; Micah 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 1 Sa 19:13,) dipped in water, which suddenly checked the perspiration, and occasioned his death.
so that he died.
2 Kings 9:24; 2 Kings 15:10-14; 2 Kings 15:25; 2 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 15:28; 1 Kings 16:10; 1 Kings 16:18; Isaiah 33:1
Hazael.
2 Kings 8:13; 1 Kings 19:15