2 Kings 12:17

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ¹  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ² 

2 Kings 13:3

13:3 The Lord was furious with ³  Israel and handed them over to ⁴  King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years. ⁵ 

2 Kings 10:32

10:32 In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. ⁶  Hazael attacked their eastern border. ⁷ 

2 Kings 13:24

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

2 Kings 8:9

8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha. ⁸  He took along a gift, ⁹  as well as ¹⁰  forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, ¹¹  King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, ¹²  ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 8:12

8:12 Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my master?” He replied, “Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 9:14-15

9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.

Jehu the Assassin

Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, ¹³  guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria. 9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ¹⁴  when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. ¹⁵  Jehu told his supporters, ¹⁶  “If you really want me to be king, ¹⁷  then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

2 Kings 13:25

13:25 Jehoahaz’s son Jehoash took back from ¹⁸  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.

[12:17]  ¹ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ² tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days.”

[10:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “began to cut off Israel.”

[10:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “Hazael struck them down in all the territory of Israel, from the Jordan on the east.” In the Hebrew text the phrase “from the Jordan on the east” begins v. 33.

[8:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:9]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text also has “in his hand.”

[8:9]  ⁹ tn 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.”

[8:9]  ¹⁰ sn The words “your son” emphasize the king’s respect for the prophet.

[8:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[9:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “he and all Israel.”

[9:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[9:15]  ¹² sn See 2 Kgs 8:28-29a.

[9:15]  ¹³ tn The words “his supporters” are added for clarification.

[9:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “If this is your desire.” נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) refers here to the seat of the emotions and will. For other examples of this use of the word, see BDB 660-61 s.v.

[13:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “from the hand of.”