11 Then he [a]set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God (A)wept. 12 And Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?”

He answered, “Because I know (B)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 (C)will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:11 fixed his gaze

11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed.(A) Then the man of God began to weep.(B)

12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm(C) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(D) their little children(E) to the ground, and rip open(F) their pregnant women.”

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