12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.” 14 So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
2 Kings 8:12–14
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2 Kings 8:7–9
7 Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.” 8 So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover fr…
1 Kings 19:16–18
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2 Kings 2:2–4
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2 Kings 6:20–22
20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria. 21 And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My fat…
2 Kings 9:11–13
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2 Kings 6:11–13
11 For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?” 12 But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the…
2 Kings 1:3–5
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’ 4 Therefore this is what the… 5 …
2 Kings 8:3–5
3 At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land. 4 Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great… 5 …
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