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Hazael

Hazael (Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
Hazael, meaning "God

God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
has seen") was a court official and later an Aramean king who appeared in the Bible

Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
. He was first referred to by name in 1 Kings

Books of Kings

The Books of Kings are a part of Judaism's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. They were originally written in Hebrew language and were later included by Christianity as part of the Old Testament....
19 when God told the prophet

Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
Elijah to anoint him king over Syria

Aram

The term Aram may refer to:In the Bible:* Aram, son of Shem , according to the 'Table of Nations' in Genesis 10* Aram-Naharaim , the land in which the city of Haran lay...
.

Years after this, the Syrian king Hadadezer

Hadadezer

Hadadezer ; also known as Adad-Idri and possibly the same as Bar-Hadad II ]]; Ben-Hadad II , was the king of Aram Damascus at the time of the battle of Qarqar against the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in 853 BCE....
was ill and sent his court official Hazael with gifts to Elijah's successor Elisha

Elisha

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Hazael (Hebrew

Hebrew language

God

Bible

Books of Kings

Prophet

Aram

Hadadezer

Elisha

Elisha is a Biblical prophet. In Greek and Latin, he is known as Saint Eliseus; however, the standard English form of the name has been "Elisha," at least since the introduction of the King James Version of the Bible....
. Elisha asked Hazael to tell Hadadezer that he would recover, and he revealed to Hazael that the king would recover but would die of other means. The day after he returned to Hadadezer in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
, Hazael suffocated him and seized power himself.

During his approximately 37-year reign (c. 842 BC-805 BC), King Hazael led the Arameans in battle against the forces of King Jehoram

Jehoram

Jehoram was the name of several individuals in the Tanakh. The female version of this name is Athaliah.*Jehoram of Israel or Joram, the king of kingdom of Israel....
of Israel

Kingdom of Israel

The Kingdom of Israel was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy . It existed roughly from the 930s BC until about the 720s BC....
and King Ahaziah

Ahaziah

Ahaziah was the name of two kings:*Ahaziah of Israel*Ahaziah of Judah...
of Judah

Kingdom of Judah

The Kingdom of Judah existed at two periods in Jewish history. According to the Hebrew Bible, a kingdom emerged in Judah after the death of Saul, when the tribe of Judah elevated David to rule over it....
. After defeating them at Ramoth-Gilead

Ramoth-Gilead

Ramoth-Gilead, "Heights of Gilead", is a city of refuge east of the Jordan river; called "Ramoth in Gilead" ....
, Hazael repelled two attacks by the Assyria

Assyria

Assyria was a political state centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history....
ns, seized Israelite territory east of the Jordan

Jordan River

The Jordan River is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers. It is 251 kilometers long....
, the Philistine city of Gath, and sought to take Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
as well (2 Kings

Books of Kings

Tel Dan

Tel Dan , also known as Tel el-Qadi , is an archaeological site in Israel in the upper Galilee next to the Golan Heights. The site is quite securely identified with the Biblical city of Laish, the northernmost city in the Kingdom of Israel, which the Book of Judges states was known as Laish prior to its conquest by the Tribe o...
is seen by most scholars as having being erected by Hazael, after he defeated the Kings of Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
and Judah

Judah

Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
. Recent excavations at Tell es-Safi

Tell es-Safi

Gat or Gath 'Gath of the Philistines' was one of the five Philistine city-states, established in northwestern Philistia. According to the Bible, the king of the city was Achish, in the times of both David and Solomon....
/Gath have revealed dramatic evidence of the siege and subsequent conquest of Gath by Hazael. The destruction of the settlement at Tell Zeitah

Tell Zeitah

Tell Zeitah is a roughly tell located in the Shephelah, or lowlands, of Israel. Excavations on the tell, sponsored by Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, began in 1999 and have continued for several seasons, revealing evidence of human settlement on the tell throughout the Late Bronze Age#Ancient Near East, and Iron Age I and II....
during the ninth century may also be the result of Hazael's campaign. King Joash of Judah

Judah

Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
forestalled Hazael's invasion by bribing him with treasure from the royal palace and temple, after which he disappears from the Biblical account.

Hazael

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