8So the king said to Hazael,(A) “Take a gift(B) with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”(C)
9Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: 40 camel-loads of all kinds of goods from Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son,(D) Ben-hadad king of Aram, has sent me to ask you, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”