9. Hazael went and met with Elisha. He brought with him every choice thing he could think of from Damascus—forty camel-loads of items! When he arrived he stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, sent me here to ask you, ‘Am I going to recover from this sickness?’”
12. Hazael said, “Why does my master weep?”“Because,” said Elisha, “I know what you’re going to do to the children of Israel:burn down their forts,murder their youth,smash their babies,rip open their pregnant women.”
13. Hazael said, “Am I a mongrel dog that I’d do such a horrible thing?”“God showed me,” said Elisha, “that you’ll be king of Aram.”