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Ben-hadad (2Ki 6:24)
Son of Tabrimmon, in the divided monarchy of Israel and Judah. Named in scripture at 2 Kings 6:24.
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Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 1
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Where in scripture
2 KingsAfter this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings 6:24
Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”
2 Kings 8:7
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
2 Kings 8:9
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
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In their own words — 6 recorded sayings
“So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.” — 2 Kings 5:5-6
“At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.” — 2 Kings 6:8
“And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?” — 2 Kings 6:11
“Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.” — 2 Kings 6:13
“Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?” — 2 Kings 8:8
“Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.” — 2 Kings 8:14
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).