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2 Reyes 8:12

Listen to 2 Reyes 8:12
12 Y Hazael dijo: ¿Por qué llora mi señor? Entonces respondió: Porque sé el mal que harás a los hijos de Israel: incendiarás sus fortalezas, matarás a espada a sus jóvenes, estrellarás a sus niños y rasgarás el vientre a sus mujeres encintas.

2 Reyes 8:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 8:12

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord?
&c.] Imagining it was for the death of Benhadad he had predicted, for which he could see no reason; of the title, "my lord", see ( 1 Kings 18:7 )

and he answered, because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the
children of Israel;
which he foresaw by a spirit of prophecy; and Israel being his own people, he sympathized in their calamities before they came:

their strong holds wilt thou set on fire;
which should be taken by him, see ( 2 Kings 10:32 )

and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword;
in battle:

and wilt dash their children;
against rocks and stones, or stone walls, or upon the ground, floor, or pavement, as was usual in war F7, see ( Psalms 137:9 ) ,

and rip up their women with child:
which was the height of barbarity and cruelty. Ben Gersom and Ben Melech interpret this of breaking down the walls of fortified cities, built strong, like hills and mountains; but this is supposed in the first clause.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Homer. Iliad. 22. ver. 63, 64.
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2 Reyes 8:12 In-Context

10 Entonces Eliseo le dijo: Ve y dile: "Ciertamente sanarás"; pero el SEÑOR me ha mostrado que ciertamente morirá.
11 Y puso rígido su rostro y fijó sus ojos en él hasta que se sintió avergonzado, y el hombre de Dios lloró.
12 Y Hazael dijo: ¿Por qué llora mi señor? Entonces respondió: Porque sé el mal que harás a los hijos de Israel: incendiarás sus fortalezas, matarás a espada a sus jóvenes, estrellarás a sus niños y rasgarás el vientre a sus mujeres encintas.
13 Entonces Hazael dijo: Pero, ¿qué es tu siervo, sino un perro, para que haga tan enorme cosa? Y Eliseo respondió: El SEÑOR me ha mostrado que tú serás rey de Aram.
14 Entonces él se alejó de Eliseo y regresó a su señor, quien le dijo: ¿Qué te dijo Eliseo? Y él respondió: Me dijo que ciertamente sanarás.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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