חֲזָאֵלChăzâʼêl

proper name, masculine: king of Aram (2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 8:13; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:6)

Pronunciation: khaz-aw-ale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2371

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 23 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 19:15 Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.
  • 1 Kings 19:17 Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!
  • 2 Kings 8:8 the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the Lord, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  • 2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  • 2 Kings 8:12 “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him. Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”
  • 2 Kings 8:13 Hazael responded, “How could a nobody like me ever accomplish such great things?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).