Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

⁷ Elisha went to Damascus,^(A) and Ben-Hadad^(B) king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,”

¹⁵ But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king’s face, so that he died.^(A) Then Hazael succeeded him as king.