12. “Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked.“Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.”
13. “How could I ever be that powerful?” Hazael asked. “I'm a nobody!”“The Lord has shown me that you will be king of Syria,” Elisha replied.
14. Hazael went back to Benhadad, who asked him, “What did Elisha say?”“He told me that you would certainly get well,” Hazael answered.
15. But on the following day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and smothered the king.And Hazael succeeded Benhadad as king of Syria.