Ancient History, Middle East: Biographies

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Hazael

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Hazael A courtier with King Benhadad at Damascus, who became king of Syria (Aram). When Elisha the prophet paid a visit to Damascus, King Benhadad sent Hazael to ask if he would recover from his illness. Elisha answered ambiguously (2 Kgs. 8: 10–13), giving Hazael to understand that the king would die and that Hazael would succeed him. He defeated Israel and Judah in battle (2 Kgs. 13: 3) but was himself defeated by the assyrians in 841 and 837 BCE under Shalmaneser III, and again by Adadnirari III about 805 BCE, according to Assyrian inscriptions.

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Hazael

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Hazael , fl. 840 BC, king of Damascus; successor and murderer of Benhadad . In the Bible he appears as the ally of the party of Elisha in Israel and later as the conqueror, taking all the Hebrew possessions E of the Jordan, ravaging Judah, and rendering Israel impotent. From inscriptions of Shalmaneser III of Assyria it appears that Hazael withstood an attack by the Assyrian army and kept Damascus, Syria, and Palestine independent. He was succeeded by his son Benhadad (fl. 800 BC).

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