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.”

¹³ So Hazael said, “But what ^(A)is your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?”

And Elisha answered, ^(B)“The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”