Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me you would get well again.”
Then he went back inside the house. He stood in front of his master Elisha. “Gehazi, where have you been?” Elisha asked. “I didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered.
But the next day Hazael got a thick cloth. He soaked it in water. He spread it over the king’s face. He held it there until the king died. Then Hazael became the next king after him.