dSee 1 Sam. 9:7
mSee 1 Sam. 17:43
1 Kings 19:15
15And the Lord said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.2 Kings 8:7-15
Hazael Murders Ben-hadad
7Now Elisha came to aDamascus. bBen-hadad the king of Syria was sick. And when it was told him, “The man of God has come here,” 8the king said to cHazael, d“Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, eand inquire of the Lord through him, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels’ loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, f“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’” 10And Elisha said to him, g“Go, say to him, ‘You shall certainly recover,’ but ▼▼Some manuscripts say, ‘You shall certainly not recover,’ for
the Lord has shown me that ihe shall certainly die.” 11And he fixed his gaze and stared at him, juntil he was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. 12And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know kthe evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword land dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13And Hazael said, “What is your servant, mwho is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, n“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.” 14Then he departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me othat you would certainly recover.” 15But the next day he took the bed cloth ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
and dipped it in water and spread it over his face, till he died. And Hazael became king in his place.
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