Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 8:10

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit, the LORD hath shewed me, that he shall surely die .

Here is no contradiction: for the first words contain an answer to Benhadad's question, ver. 8. Shall I recover this disease? To which the answer is, th[illegible: 1+ letters]u mayest or shalt recover, i. e. notwithstanding thy Disease, which is not mor [illegible: 1+ letters]l, and shall not take away thy life. The later words contain the Prophets explication of, or addition to that answer, which is, that he should die, not by the power of his Disease, but by some other cause. But it is observable, that in the Hebrew Text it is, lo, the Adverb, which signifies not; which though most affirm to be put for lo, the Pronoun, signifying to him; yet others take it as it lies, and Translate the words thus, Say, thou shalt not recover: for the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely die. Or, according to the former reading, the first words may be taken Interrogatively, say unto him, Shalt thou indeed recover? (as thou dost flatter thy self): no: (which negation is implied in the very question, and gathered from the following words) for the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall surely die.