2 Kings 8:12-13
“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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
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Elisha predicting Hazael would become king and would massacre Israel, fulfilled in Hazael's brutal campaigns.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
8:12And 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.
8:13And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 8:12-13 2 Kings 12:17 Amos 1:3-4
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