2 Kings 13:24

13:24 When King Hazael of Syria died, his son Ben Hadad replaced him as king.

2 Kings 6:24

The Lord Saves Samaria

6:24 Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked¹ and besieged Samaria.²

2 Kings 8:7

Elisha Meets with Hazael

8:7 Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king³ was told, “The prophet⁴ has come here.”

2 Kings 13:3

13:3 The Lord was furious with⁵ Israel and handed them over to⁶ King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years.⁷

2 Kings 13:25

13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from⁸ Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities.

2 Kings 23:10

23:10 The king⁹ ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech.¹⁰

2 Kings 8:9

8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha.¹¹ He took along a gift,¹² as well as¹³ forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son,¹⁴ King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,¹⁵ ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 8:14-15

8:14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad¹⁶ asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael¹⁷ replied, “He told me you would surely recover.” 8:15 The next day Hazael¹⁸ took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s¹⁹ face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.

2 Kings 13:7

13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left²⁰ except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops²¹ and trampled on them like dust.²²

¹tn Heb “went up.”

²map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “man of God” (also a second time in this verse and in v. 11).

¹tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”

²tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”

³tn Heb “all the days.”

¹tn Heb “from the hand of.”

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²sn Attempts to identify this deity with a god known from the ancient Near East have not yet yielded a consensus. For brief discussions see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor II Kings (AB), 288 and HALOT 592 s.v. מֹלֶךְ. For more extensive studies see George C. Heider, The Cult of Molek, and John Day, Molech: A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament.

¹tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”

³tn Heb “and.” It is possible that the conjunction is here explanatory, equivalent to English “that is.” In this case the forty camel loads constitute the “gift” and one should translate, “He took along a gift, consisting of forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus.”

⁴sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.

⁵tn Heb “saying.”

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹tn Heb “Indeed he did not leave to Jehoahaz people.” The identity of the subject is uncertain, but the king of Syria, mentioned later in the verse, is a likely candidate.

²tn Heb “them,” i.e., the remainder of this troops.

³tn Heb “and made them like dust for trampling.”