15 Then he went back to the man of the [true] God,+ he with all his camp, and came and stood before him and said: “Here, now, I certainly know that there is no God anywhere in the earth but in Israel.+ And now accept, please, a blessing gift+ from your servant.”

8 At that the king said to Hazʹa·el:+ “Take a gift+ in your hand and go and meet the man of the [true] God, and you must inquire+ of Jehovah through him, saying, ‘Shall I revive from this sickness?’”

8 The gift is a stone winning favor in the eyes of its grand owner.*+ Everywhere that he turns he has success.+

16 A man’s gift* will make a large opening for him,+ and it will lead him even before great people.+