Continuing in chapter eight of 2 Kings, verse 7, the king of Syria asked his servant Hazael to go to the prophet Elisha. The king was sick and he asked his servant to ask Elisha if he would ever recover.
Hazael did as he was told. Elisha said that the king would recover from his grave illness, but the Lord told him that the king would die. Elisha wept, for he knew the evils that the king had done to the people of Israel.
Elisha then told him that the Lord showed him that Hazael would soon be the king of Syria.
Hazael went to his king and told him that Elisha said he would recover. He was pleased with this answer. However, the next day the servant murdered the king and Hazael then became the new king.
It was done just as the Lord had said would happen.
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