chazael · Hazael

What it means

chazael (חֲזָאֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hazael”.

A name meaning "El has seen." He is the king of Aram, in Damascus, who harshly oppressed Israel (1 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 8:7-15; 13:22).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×18
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Amos×1

• 1 Kings 19:15

  YHWH said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram;

• 1 Kings 19:17

  And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

• 2 Kings 8:8

  The king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of Elohim, and consult YHWH through him, saying, ‘Will I live through this sickness?’”

• 2 Kings 8:9

  Hazael went to meet him and took a gift with him, all kinds of good things of Damascus, forty camel loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I live through this sickness?’”

• 2 Kings 8:12

  Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortresses you will set on fire, their young men you will kill with the sword, their little ones you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open.”

• 2 Kings 8:13

  Hazael said, “But what is your servant, the dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha said, “YHWH has shown me you as king over Aram.”

• 2 Kings 8:15

  And it happened on the next day that he took the cloth and dipped it in the water and spread it over his face, and he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 8:28

  He went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

• 2 Kings 8:29

  King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah son of Joram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was sick.

• 2 Kings 9:14

  Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Aram;

• 2 Kings 9:15

  but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu said, “If this is your will, let no survivor get out of the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”

• 2 Kings 10:32

  In those days YHWH began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the territory of Israel:

• 2 Kings 12:17

  Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it; and Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 12:18

  Joash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Joram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and of the house of the king, and sent it to Hazael king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 13:3

  The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael, all the days.

• 2 Kings 13:22

  Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

• 2 Kings 13:24

  Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 13:25

  Then Joash son of Jehoahaz again took the cities from the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael that he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash struck him, and he brought back the cities of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 22:5

  He also walked in their counsel, and went with Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram.

• 2 Chronicles 22:6

  He returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah son of Joram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was sick.

• Amos 1:4

  And I will send fire on the house of Hazael, and it will devour the citadels of Ben-hadad.

And 2 more times.