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Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to you? He answered, He told me that you would surely recover.
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Deception by Omission
Commentators unanimously agree that Hazael deceived his master. He did this not by inventing a story, but by telling a malicious half-truth. He repeated Elisha's words that the king could recover from his illness but, as Albert Barnes and John Gill note, deliberately omitted the prophet's warning that the king would still surely die by other means. This serves as a powerful reminder that withholding key parts of the truth is a form of lying.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hazael omitted the clause that explained how the words were to be understood. He thus deceived his master, while he could flatter himself that he h…
19th Century
Anglican
Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master Benhadad king of Syria:
who said to him, what said …
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