⁹ So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels' loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, ^(A)“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”

¹⁴ but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be ^(A)by compulsion but of your own accord.

^7 (A)So Ahaz sent messengers to ^(B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and rescue me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.”

The Death of Elisha

¹⁴ Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ^(A)“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

²¹ As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ^(A)“My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

¹³ But his servants came near and said to him, ^(A)“My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

⁵ And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he went, ^(A)taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels^[a] of gold, and ten ^(B)changes of clothing.

¹⁵ And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

⁸ Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come ^(A)on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”