Hazael
하사엘
Named at 1 Kings 19:15, where the LORD says, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.” At 19:17 the LORD goes on, “He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.” 2 Kings 8:7–15 says that when Elisha came to Damascus, Benhadad the king of Syria, who was sick, said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”, and that Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden. The passage says, “He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.” Hazael says, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answers, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel”; and when Hazael says, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?”, Elisha answers, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.” 8:15 says, “On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place”; the Korean Revised Version names Hazael as the one who dipped the cloth in water (하사엘이 이불을 물에 적시어). At 8:28 one whom the verse does not name (WEB “He”) went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram; 8:29 says that King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. 2 Kings 12:17–18 says that Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it, and set his face to go up to Jerusalem; that Jehoash king of Judah took the holy things and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and that he went away from Jerusalem (the Korean Revised Version: 하사엘이 예루살렘에서 떠나갔더라, Hazael went away from Jerusalem). 13:3 says that the LORD delivered Israel into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually; 13:22, “Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz”; and 13:24, “Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.”
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- 1KI 19:15–18, engwebp
15The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
16Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
17He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
18Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
- 2CH 22:5–7, engwebp
5He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
6He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
7Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.
- 2KI 8:7–15, engwebp
7Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick. He was told, “The man of God has come here.”
8The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
9So 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, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
10Elisha said to him, “Go, tell him, ‘You will surely recover;’ however the LORD has shown me that he will surely die.”
11He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.
12Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”
13Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”
14Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” He answered, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
15On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.
- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2KI 9:14–16, engwebp
14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
15but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
16So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
- 2KI 10:32–33, engwebp
32In those days the LORD began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel
33from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
- 2KI 12:17–18, engwebp
17Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2KI 13:1–9, engwebp
1In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
2He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from it.
3The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
4Jehoahaz begged the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
5(The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
6Nevertheless they didn’t depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)
7For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them like the dust in threshing.
8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 13:22–25, engwebp
22Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23But the LORD was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and favored them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them and he didn’t cast them from his presence as yet.
24Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.
25Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Joash struck him three times, and recovered the cities of Israel.
- AMO 1:3–5, engwebp
3The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;
4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
5I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says the LORD.
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Hazael — Father of — Ben Hadad (son of Hazael)
Evidence: 2 Kings 13:1–9, 2 Kings 13:22–25
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Took part in (5) — Benhadad king of Syria, being sick, sends Hazael to Elisha, and Hazael reigns in his place, The Syrians wound Joram the son of Ahab, and Ahaziah goes down to Jezreel to see him, The LORD begins to cut away parts of Israel, and Hazael strikes them from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, Hazael king of Syria takes Gath, and Jehoash king of Judah sends him the holy things and the gold, Hazael king of Syria dies, and Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz strikes Benhadad three times and recovers the cities of Israel
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The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
The king said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
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, “Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”
Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.”
On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.
He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
In those days the LORD began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel
Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Joash struck him three times, and recovered the cities of Israel.
He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Hazael (person-hazael) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/hazael Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 19:15, where the LORD says, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.” At 19:17 the LORD goes on, “He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.” 2 Kings 8:7–15 says that when Elisha came to Damascus, Benhadad the king of Syria, who was sick, said to Hazael, “Take a present in your hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”, and that Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden. The passage says, “He settled his gaze steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.” Hazael says, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answers, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel”; and when Hazael says, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he could do this great thing?”, Elisha answers, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Syria.” 8:15 says, “On the next day, he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on the king’s face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place”; the Korean Revised Version names Hazael as the one who dipped the cloth in water (하사엘이 이불을 물에 적시어). At 8:28 one whom the verse does not name (WEB “He”) went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram; 8:29 says that King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. 2 Kings 12:17–18 says that Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it, and set his face to go up to Jerusalem; that Jehoash king of Judah took the holy things and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and that he went away from Jerusalem (the Korean Revised Version: 하사엘이 예루살렘에서 떠나갔더라, Hazael went away from Jerusalem). 13:3 says that the LORD delivered Israel into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually; 13:22, “Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz”; and 13:24, “Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.” Cited evidence: 1KI 19:15–18, engwebp / 2CH 22:5–7, engwebp / 2KI 8:7–15, engwebp / 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp / 2KI 9:14–16, engwebp / 2KI 10:32–33, engwebp / 2KI 12:17–18, engwebp / 2KI 13:1–9, engwebp (and 2 more of 10) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.