2 Kings 8:14

So[R.V. Then] he departed from Elisha The last words of the prophet had shewn him that his whole aim was clear in Elisha's sight, and his character thoroughly read. He had been treated as a man who would give a soft answer whatever the real message might be, and now he is sent away with the knowledge that the Lord sees all his policy. But he was a determined spirit, and the words of the prophet did not act as a check, but set him on a bolder course of villainy. He first acts the part that had been imputed to him, and with a lying tongue says -He told me thou shouldest surely recover". After that he cannot wait for time to bring about what God had said would be, but by a short road comes to the throne after smothering his master.