2Ki 8:12-13 | ESV | STEP | And Hazael said , Why does my lord weep ? He answered , Because I know the 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 and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.

a ch. 10:32; 12:17; 13:3, 7, 22; Amos 1:3, 4

b Isa. 13:16; Hos. 13:16; Nah. 3:10; [Ps. 137:9; Hos. 10:14]

2 Kings 8:12-13

12 And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know ^athe 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 ^band dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 And Hazael said, “What is your servant, ^cwho is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, ^d“The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Syria.”