2 Kings 8:12-15

12And 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.” 13And 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.” 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 ethat 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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