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.”

14 Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked, “So, what did Elisha tell you?”

“He told me, ‘Don’t worry; you’ll live.’”

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