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2 Reis 8:12

Listen to 2 Reis 8:12
12 E perguntou Hazael: “Por que meu senhor está chorando?”Ele respondeu: “Porque sei das coisas terríveis que você fará aos israelitas. Você incendiará suas fortalezas, matará seus jovens à espada, esmagará as crianças e rasgará o ventre das suas mulheres grávidas”.

2 Reis 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 Reis 8:12 In-Context

10 Eliseu respondeu: “Vá e diga-lhe: ‘Com certeza te recuperarás’, no entanto o SENHOR me revelou que de fato ele vai morrer”.
11 Eliseu ficou olhando fixamente para Hazael até deixá-lo constrangido. Então o homem de Deus começou a chorar.
12 E perguntou Hazael: “Por que meu senhor está chorando?”Ele respondeu: “Porque sei das coisas terríveis que você fará aos israelitas. Você incendiará suas fortalezas, matará seus jovens à espada, esmagará as crianças e rasgará o ventre das suas mulheres grávidas”.
13 Hazael disse: “Como poderia teu servo, que não passa de um cão, realizar algo assim?”Respondeu Eliseu: “O SENHOR me mostrou que você se tornará rei da Síria”.
14 Então Hazael saiu dali e voltou para seu senhor. Quando Ben-Hadade perguntou: “O que Eliseu disse a você?”, Hazael respondeu: “Ele me falou que certamente te recuperarás”.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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