John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said unto him, go, say unto him, thou mayest certainly recover ,.... That is, of the disease; and there was not only a probability that he might recover of it, it not being a mortal one, but a certainty that he should not die of it, as he did not, but die a violent death, which the prophet predicts in the next clause; though some take these words not as a command, what he should say, but as a prediction of what he would say; that he would go and tell him he should certainly... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:9
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him ,.... As was usual when a prophet or seer was consulted, see 1 Samuel 9:7 . even of every good thing of Damascus ; which was a very fruitful place, and had abundance of gardens and orchards in it, which yielded excellent fruit, and of such it is probable the present consisted, and which was large: even forty camels' burden : which, as they are strong creatures, will bear a great deal. Abarbinel thinks, bread, flesh, and wine,... read more