2 Kings 8:12 - The Scriptures 1998

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Hazael said, Why do you weep, my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the Israelites. You will burn their strongholds, slay their young men with the sword, dash their infants in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

Common English Bible

¹² Hazael said, “Master, why are you crying?” “Because I know what violence you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha said. “You will drive them from their forts with fire. You will kill their young men with the sword. You will smash their children and rip open their pregnant women.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And Hazael said to him, "Why is my lord weeping?" And he said: "Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel. Their fortified cities you will burn with fire. And their young men you will kill with the sword. And you will destroy their little ones, and tear open the pregnant women."

2 Kings 8:12 Cross References

1 Kings 18:13

“Was it not reported to my master what I did when Izeḇ

1 Kings 19:17

“And it shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Ḥ

2 Kings 12:17

And Ḥ

2 Kings 12:18

And Yeho’ash sovereign of Yehuḏ

2 Kings 13:22

And Ḥ

2 Kings 13:3

And the displeasure of יהוה  burned against Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 13:7

For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥ

2 Kings 15:16

And Menaḥ

2 Kings 4:28

And she said, “Did I ask a son of my master? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”

Isaiah 13:16

“And their children are dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered and their wives ravished.

Isaiah 13:18

“And bows dash the young to pieces, and they have no compassion on the fruit of the womb, their eye spare no children.

Hosea 10:14

And uproar shall arise among your people, and all your strongholds shall be ravaged as Shalman ravaged Bĕ

Hosea 13:16

“Shomeron is held guilty, for she has rebelled against her Elohim – they fall by the sword, their infants are dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.”

Hosea 14:1

O Yisra’ĕ

Amos 1:13

Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they ripped open the pregnant women in Gilʽ

Nahum 3:10

Yet she was exiled, she went into captivity. At the head of every street her young children were dashed to pieces. Lots were cast for her esteemed men, and all her great men were bound in chains.