2 Kings 8:11-13

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Elisha Makes a Prophecy About Hazael

¹¹ Elisha began to stare. He stared for an embarrassingly long time. Then the man of God began to cry. ¹² Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?”

Elisha answered, “I am crying because I know the bad things you will do to the Israelites. You will burn their strong cities and kill their young men with swords. You will kill their babies and split open their pregnant women.”

¹³ Hazael said, “I am not a powerful man!^[a] How can I do these great things?”

Elisha answered, “The Lord showed me that you will be king over Aram.”