Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked, “So, what did Elisha tell you?” “He told me, ‘Don’t worry; you’ll live.’”
He returned and stood before his master. Elisha said, “So what have you been up to, Gehazi?” “Nothing much,” he said.
Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘Don’t worry; you’ll live.’ The fact is, though—God showed me—that he’s doomed to die.” Elisha then stared hard at Hazael, reading his heart. Hazael felt exposed and dropped his eyes. Then the Holy Man wept.
But the very next day, someone took a heavy quilt, soaked it in water, covered the king’s face, and suffocated him. Now Hazael was king.