¹² And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He answered, “Because I know ^(A)the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you ^(B)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

³ Then ^(A)the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of ^(B)Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of ^(C)Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

Israel Recaptures Cities from Syria

²² And ^(A)Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.