And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, You may certainly recover: however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die.
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Richard Challoner
AD 1781
Tell him: thou shalt recover: By these words the prophet signified that the king's disease was not mortal: and that he would recover if no violence were used. Or he might only express himself in this manner, by way of giving Hazael to understand that he knew both what he would say and do; that he would indeed tell the king he should recover; but would be himself the instrument of his death.