8:7 以利沙來到大馬士革，亞蘭王便‧哈達正患病。有人告訴王說：「神人來到這裡了。」
8:8 王就吩咐哈薛說：「你帶著禮物去見神人，託他求問耶和華，我這病能好不能好？」
8:9 於是哈薛用四十個駱駝，馱著大馬士革的各樣美物為禮物，去見以利沙。到了他那裡，站在他面前，說：「你兒子亞蘭王便．哈達打發我來見你，他問說：『我這病能好不能好？』」
8:10 以利沙對哈薛說：「你回去告訴他說，這病必能好；但耶和華指示我，他必要死。」
8:11 神人定睛看著哈薛，甚至他慚愧。神人就哭了；
8:12 哈薛說：「我主為甚麼哭？」回答說：「因為我知道你必苦害以色列人，用火焚燒他們的保障，用刀殺死他們的壯丁，摔死他們的嬰孩，剖開他們的孕婦。」
8:13 哈薛說：「你僕人算甚麼，不過是一條狗，焉能行這大事呢？」以利沙回答說：「耶和華指示我，你必作亞蘭王。」
8:14 哈薛離開以利沙，回去見他的主人。主人問他說：「以利沙對你說甚麼？」回答說：「他告訴我你必能好。」
8:15 次日，哈薛拿被窩浸在水中，蒙住王的臉，王就死了。於是哈薛篡了他的位。
7 Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” 8 he said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
10 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover.’ Nevertheless,[a] the Lord has revealed to me that he will in fact die.” 11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed. Then the man of God began to weep.
12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.
“Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women.”
13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?”
“The Lord has shown me that you will become king of Aram,” answered Elisha.
14 Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. When Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael succeeded him as king.
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哈薛本來是一個沒有自信的人，甚至是長期服在亞蘭王便‧哈達的權威之下，可使在先知以利沙的一番話之後，卻成了另一種人，就是殺死亞蘭王便‧哈達，篡位成為亞蘭王！
而哈薛之所以有這樣的轉變，相信是透過以利沙說的，「耶和華指示我，你必作亞蘭王」。這句話對哈薛有很大的刺激，也是他勇氣的來源！而上帝就是藉著以利沙的直覺來成就祂的大事，雖然這是早已命定好了！
這也提醒我們，人常雖是有上帝的命定，但是我們並不一定清楚！但是清楚的是，上帝必與我們同在，隨時在引導我們的生命好成就祂的命定。一切如何都在上帝的手中，我們的任務就是隨著心中的感動而行！
也因此，我們要好好的讀聖經，聆聽上帝的話語，讓上帝來引導我們的腳步，就必走在上帝的命定！不一定要透過所謂的「神人」或「先知」來指示，今日是透過聖靈和聖經的引導，就是行在上帝的命定！正如保羅所說：「盼望不至於羞恥，因為所賜給我們的聖靈將上帝的愛澆灌在我們心裡。」（羅馬書5:5）
親愛的弟兄姊妹，我們的命定就是在耶穌基督裡成為上帝的兒女，「我一生一世必有恩惠慈愛隨著我；我且要住在耶和華的殿中，直到永遠。」（詩篇23:6）
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