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"Why are you sobbing?" asked Hazael. "Because I know how much harm you will do to the people of Israel," he answered. "You will set fire to their cities that have high walls around them. You will kill their young men with your sword. You will smash their little children on the ground. You will rip open their pregnant women."
Reference
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Hebrew: Chăzâʼêl
Chazael, a king of Syria
Greek: ἐπεί (epeí)
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: ἴσημι (ísēmi)
to know
Greek: πῶς (pōs)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
Hebrew: ʼay
where? hence how?
Hebrew: mirbâh
abundance, i.e. a great quantity
Greek: ὕβρις (hýbris)
insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. insult, injury
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: κατατίθημι (katatíthēmi)
to place down, i.e. deposit (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Hebrew: Yisrᵉʼêlîy
a Jisreelite or descendant of Jisrael
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: τακτός (taktós)
arranged, i.e. appointed or stated
Greek: φῶς (phōs)
compare G5316 (φαίνω), G5346 (φημί)); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative)
Hebrew: ʼûwr
flame; hence (in the plural) the East (as being the region of light)
Hebrew: zôw
this or that
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: gâbâhh
lofty (literally or figuratively)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: σφάζω (spházō)
to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)
Hebrew: zâbach
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
Hebrew: bᵉchurôwth
youth (collectively and abstractly)
Greek: ῥομφαία (rhomphaía)
a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively)
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: τεκνίον (tekníon)
an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts)
Hebrew: ʼÔwn
On, an Israelite
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἑδραίωμα (hedraíōma)
a support, i.e. (figuratively) basis
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalýptō)
to unveil
Hebrew: pâṭûwr
opened, i.e. (as noun) a bud
Hebrew: nâshîyn
{a man}
Parallel theme
Nahum 3:10
2 Kings 12:17
2 Kings 15:16
Isaiah 13:16
2 Kings 13:7
Isaiah 13:18
Hosea 10:14
References Lord
2 Kings 13:3
Amos 1:13
Word
Hosea 13:16
Verse Explanation
Hazael asks why Elisha is crying. The prophet explains that Hazael will become king of Aram and will commit terrible acts against Israel, including destroying cities, killing soldiers, and harming families. Hazael hears a prophecy of his future actions but does not yet understand the full consequences of his ambition.
History
Ancient warfare was often brutal, especially during campaigns of conquest and political expansion.