2 Kings 8:12

God's Word

“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “I know the evil you will do to the Israelites: You will set their fortresses on fire, kill their best young men, smash their little children, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:13

Haven’t you heard what I did when Jezebel killed the Lord’s prophets? Haven’t you heard how I hid 100 of the Lord’s prophets in caves? I hid 50 prophets in each cave and provided bread and water for them.

1 Kings 19:17

If anyone escapes from Hazael’s sword, Jehu will kill him. And if anyone escapes from Jehu’s sword, Elisha will kill him.

2 Kings 12:17

At this time King Hazael of Aram fought against Gath and conquered it. He was also determined to attack Jerusalem.

2 Kings 12:18

So King Joash of Judah took all the gifts his ancestors Kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah of Judah, had dedicated to the Lord, the things he had dedicated to the Lord, and all the gold that could be found in the storerooms of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent these things to King Hazael of Aram, who called off the attack on Jerusalem.

2 Kings 13:22

King Hazael of Aram oppressed Israel as long as Jehoahaz ruled.

2 Kings 13:3

So the Lord became angry with Israel and put it at the mercy of King Hazael of Aram and Hazael’s son Benhadad as long as they lived.

2 Kings 13:7

Jehoahaz had no army left except for 50 horses, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers because the king of Aram had destroyed the rest. He had made them like dust that people trample.

2 Kings 15:16

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, everyone there, and its territory. Because the city didn’t open its gates for him, he attacked it and ripped open all its pregnant women.

2 Kings 4:28

The woman said, “I didn’t ask you for a son. I said, ‘Don’t raise my hopes.’ ”

Isaiah 13:16

Their little children will be smashed to death right before their eyes. Their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

Isaiah 13:18

But their bows will smash the youth. They’ll have no compassion for babies, nor will they look with pity on children.

Hosea 10:14

So your army will hear the noise of battle. All your fortresses will be destroyed like the time Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle. Mothers and their children were smashed to death.

Hosea 13:16

The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Amos 1:13

This is what the Lord says: Because Ammon has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Ammonites enlarged their territory by ripping open pregnant women in Gilead.

Nahum 3:10

Even she went into captivity and was exiled. Even her little children were smashed to death at every street corner. Soldiers tossed dice for her important men, and all her best men were bound in chains.