2 KINGS 8:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Hazael said: "Why does my lord weep?" He answered: "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel: you will set their fortresses on fire and kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women." — Elisha's prophecy details the atrocities Hazael will commit. The specificity of violence (fortresses burned, young men killed, infants dashed, pregnant women opened) reveals the horror of Hazael's reign.
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