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2 Kings 8:12

and wilt dash their children R.V. and wilt dash in pieces their little ones. We have no details of Hazael's cruelty in the future, but hints of it are found. In 2 Kings 10:32 it is said -Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel", and in 2 Kings 13:3 we read -the Lord delivered Israel into the hand of Hazael", and in verse 22 of that chapter -Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz". The special instances of cruelty mentioned in this verse were those perpetrated among all the Eastern nations of Hazael's time, and examples are to be found in several places in Scripture. Cf. Isaiah 13:15-16; Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10.

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See also 2 Kings 8:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 8:12. _I KNOW THE EVIL THAT THOU WILT DO_] We may see something of the accomplishment of this prediction, 2 Kings 10:32-12; 2 Kings 13:3;...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE EVIL THAT THOU WILT DO - The intention is not to tax Hazael with special cruelty, but only to enumerate the ordinary horrors of war, as it was conducted among the Oriental nations of the time. Com...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. This chapter is somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about Elisha (2 Kings 8:1), of which we may presuppose (_a_) that it is...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE EVIL. Described in 2 Kings 10:32. 2Ki 12:17. 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:22....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 370 ELISHA PREDICTS THE ATROCIOUS ACTS OF HAZAEL 2 Kings 8:12. _And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND WILL DASH THEIR CHILDREN, &C.— That dashing young children against the stones was one piece of barbarous cruelty which the people of the east were apt to run into in the prosecution of their wars,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. PREDICTION CONCERNING THE CAREER OF HAZAEL 8:7-15 TRANSLATION (7) Now Elisha went to Damascus when Benhadad the king of Aram was sick. And it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here. (8...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 S...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. ELISHA AND HAZAEL. REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZIAH OF JUDAH 1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories related of Elisha in this and the three prece...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EVIL, etc.] described in 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:22; Amos 1:3;...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE REPORT ABOUT ELISHA’S *MIRACLES V1 Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. ‘Go aw...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (7-15) Elisha’s visit to Damascus, and its consequences....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE EVIL THAT THOU WILT DO UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — Fulfilled in 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 13:3. The cruelties enumerated here were the ordinary concomitants of warfare in that age. (Comp. Amos 1:3...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר חֲזָאֵ֔ל מַדּ֖וּעַ אֲדֹנִ֣י בֹכֶ֑ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SHUNAMMITE AND HAZAEL 2 Kings 8:1 (_ Circa_ B.C. 886) "Our acts still follow with us from afar, And what we have been makes us what we are." -GEORGE ELIOT THE next anecdote of Elisha brings u...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE 2 Kings 8:1 Nothing happens in our life or in the world apart from the divine appointment or permission. Behind every event and incident there is a divine providence. The...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The influence of Elisha is incidentally seen in the converse of the king with Gehazi and the restoration of the lands of the Shunammite woman for the sake of the prophet. Elisha visited Damascus, wher...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I hardly know a passage in history, even if simply considered as an history, more strikingly interesting to the feelings than this interview, as here related between Hazael and the prophet. Figure to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of J...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The history of the woman [1], whose son Elisha had raised to life again, gives us a little picture of all God's dealings with Israel. During long years, as determined by Jehovah, Israel is deprived of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HAZAEL SAID, WHY WEEPETH MY LORD?.... Imagining it was for the death of Benhadad he had predicted, for which he could see no reason; of the title, "my lord", see 1 Kings 18:7 AND HE ANSWERED, BEC...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 sl...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I know the evil thou wilt do unto the children of Israel_ It was not in Hazael's countenance that Elisha read what he would do; but God did at this time reveal it to him, and gave him such a clear an...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Shunammite, hauing left her countrey seuen yeeres, to auoide the forewarned famine, for Elishas miracle sake, hath her land restored by the king. 7 Hazael being sent with a present by Benhadad...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel, after his accession to the throne. THEIR STRONGHOLDS WILT THOU SET ON FIRE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HAZAEL ANOINTED KING...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SHUNAMITE AGAIN (vv.1-6) The Shunamite woman is typical of the godly remnant of Israel. She had learned the grace of God in giving new life (ch.4:17) and further in resurrection power (ch.4:32-3...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-15 Among other changes of men's minds by affliction, it often gives other thoughts of God's ministers, and teaches to value the counsels and prayers of those whom they have hated and despised. It w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    So here was a double cause of his grief and tears, the evil of sin in Hazael, and the evil of suffering upon Israel....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 8:12 Hazael H2371 said H559 (H8799) lord H113 weeping H1058 (H8802) answered H559 (H8799) know...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    BENHADAD OF ARAM, THROUGH HIS SERVANT HAZAEL, SEEKS ELISHA'S ASSURANCE THAT HIS ILLNESS IS NOT FATAL, BUT ELISHA DISCERNS DARK DEEDS AHEAD AT THE HANDS OF HAZAEL (2 KINGS 8:7). This incident presumabl...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Kings 8:7 From this history some points of instruction may be derived. I. You cannot predict, from a man's early natural disposition, what he will be capable of. Nothing will save a man but firm h...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Famine predicted. Jehoram restores the Shunanmite land. Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Gehazi, Jehoram, Ben-hadad, Hazael, Ahaziah, Shu...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 8:8. _Take a present._ See on 1 Kings 14:3. 2 Kings 8:10. _Thou mayest certainly recover._ Aye, say as you all do, both physicians and courtiers. Cry aloud, for Baal is a god. This was said in...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Elisha came to Damascus._ STRIKING CHARACTERS We have here-- I. A dying king. 1. This dying king was very anxious. “Shall I recover of this disease?” This was the question he wanted Elisha to answ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:7 The house of Omri has now held the throne of Israel since 1 Kings 16:23, and in spite of Elijah’s prophecy about its end ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 8:7. AND ELISHA CAME TO DAMASCUS—Elijah, his master, had been divinely commissioned to this (1 Kings 19:15), and now Elisha. “by the instigation of the Spirit”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now Elisha spake unto the woman, whose son had been restored to life, and he said, [You better get out of here because there's going to be a seven-year famine in this area] (2 Kings 8:1). And so she l...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 10:33; 2 Kings 12:17; 2 Ki

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