2 Kings 8:12

And Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strongholds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

In Context

11And he stood before him, and fixed his countenance till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

13And Hazael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has shown me thee ruling over Syria.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:13Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

2 Kings 10:32In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in every coast of Israel;

2 Kings 12:18Then went up Hazael king of Syria, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go against Jerusalem.

2 Kings 13:7Whereas there was not left any army to Jehoahaz, except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and they made them as dust for trampling.

2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem smote both Tiphsah and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Tirzah, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.

Isaiah 13:16And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:8-16

Hazael's Barbarity Predicted. ( b. c. 885.) 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad… Read the whole commentary →

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