Verse 7

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elisja kom til Damaskus, og Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, var syk. Noen fortalte ham: "Guds mann har kommet hit."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Elisa kom til Damaskus mens Benhadad, kongen av Syria, var syk, og det ble meldt ham: Guds mann er kommet hit.

• Norsk King James

  Og Elisha kom til Damaskus; og Benhadad, kongen av Syria, var syk; og det ble sagt til ham: Guds mann er kommet hit.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Elisa kom deretter til Damaskus mens Benhadad, kongen av Syria, var syk. De fortalte ham: Guds mann er kommet hit.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Elisja kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen i Aram, lå syk. Det ble fortalt ham: 'Guds mann er kommet hit.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Elisa kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, var syk. Det ble fortalt ham at gudsmannen var kommet dit.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Elisa kom til Damaskus, og kong Benhadad av Syria var syk. Det ble meddelt ham at Guds mann var kommet dit.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Elisa kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, var syk. Det ble fortalt ham at gudsmannen var kommet dit.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Elisha kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen i Aram, var syk. Det ble fortalt ham: 'Guds mann har kommet hit.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here."

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Kings.8.7", "source": "וַיָּבֹ֤א אֱלִישָׁע֙ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וּבֶן־הֲדַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם חֹלֶ֑ה וַיֻּגַּד־ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃", "text": "And *yābōʾ* *ʾĕlîšāʿ* *dammeśeq*, and *ben-hădad* *melek-ʾărām* *ḥōleh*. And *yuggad* to him saying, *bāʾ* *ʾîš hāʾĕlōhîm* to here.", "grammar": { "*yābōʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he came", "*ʾĕlîšāʿ*": "proper noun - Elisha", "*dammeśeq*": "proper noun - Damascus", "*ben-hădad*": "proper noun - Ben-hadad", "*melek-ʾărām*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - king of Aram/Syria", "*ḥōleh*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - was sick", "*yuggad*": "verb, hophal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - it was told", "*bāʾ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has come", "*ʾîš hāʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural with definite article - man of God" }, "variants": { "*ḥōleh*": "sick/ill/diseased", "*yuggad*": "it was told/reported/informed", "*ʾîš hāʾĕlōhîm*": "man of God/prophet/divine messenger" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Elisja kom til Damaskus, og Ben-Hadad, kongen i Aram, var syk. Det ble fortalt ham: 'Guds mann er kommet hit.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derefter kom Elisa til Damascus, da Benhadad, Kongen i Syrien, var syg; og man gav ham det tilkjende og sagde: Den Guds Mand er kommen hid.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Elisa kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Syria, var syk, og det ble fortalt ham at Guds mann var kommet dit.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Elisja kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen i Syria, var syk, og han fikk beskjed om dette: «Guds mann er kommet hit.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Elisha kom til Damaskus, mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, var syk, og det ble fortalt ham: 'Guds mann har kommet hit.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Elisha kom til Damaskus mens Benhadad, kongen av Syria, var syk, og det ble sagt til ham: «Guds mann er kommet hit.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Elisha kom til Damaskus mens Ben-Hadad, kongen av Aram, var syk. De sa til ham: Guds mann er kommet hit.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Eliseus came to Damascon, & Benadab the kynge of Syria laye sicke. And it was tolde him, and sayde: The man of God is come hither.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad the King of Aram was sicke, and one told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Elisa came to Damascon, & Benhadad the king of Syria was sycke: And one tolde him, saying, The man of God is come hyther.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Elisha cometh in to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram is sick, and it is declared to him, saying, `The man of God hath come hither.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. It was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elisha Meets with Hazael Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told,“The prophet has come here.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:24 : 24 And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus.
• 2 Kgs 6:24 : 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
• 1 Kgs 20:1 : 1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
• 1 Kgs 20:34 : 34 And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
• 2 Kgs 1:9-9 : 9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
• 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the sons of the prophets who were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
• 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.
• 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 And, behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
• 1 Kgs 15:18 : 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• Gen 14:15 : 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
• Deut 33:1 : 1 And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
• Judg 16:2 : 2 And the people of Gaza were told, "Samson is here." So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They stayed quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, at daylight, we will kill him."
• Isa 7:8 : 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, that it will not be a people.
• Acts 17:6 : 6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;