2 Kings 8:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and tell Ben-Hadad, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the Lord has told me he will really die [^Cperhaps indicating that Elisha knew that the king would soon die, but not from illness].” ¹¹ ·Hazael stared at Elisha [or Elisha stared at Hazael; ^LHe stared at him] until he felt ·ashamed [uneasy]. Then Elisha cried.

¹² Hazael asked, “Why are you crying, my ·master [lord]?”

Elisha answered, “Because I know what ·evil [harm; terrible things] you will do to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]. You will burn their ·strong, walled [fortified] cities with fire and kill their young men with the sword. You will ·throw [dash] their babies ·to the ground [or in pieces] and ·split [rip] open their pregnant women.”