And the Lord said to him, Go, and turn again into thy way, by the desert, into Damascus; and when thou shalt come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael king upon Syria;
And when his fellows were separated, he felled on them in the night, and smote them, and pursued them till to Hobah, and Phenice, which is at the left side of Damascus.
Therefore Jehu, the son of Jehosh-aphat, the son of Nimshi, swore with others together against Joram. For-sooth Joram had besieged Ramoth of Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael, king of Syria.
The Lord saith these things to my christ, Cyrus, whose right hand I took, that I make subject folks before his face, and turn the backs of kings; and I shall open [the] gates before him, and [the] gates shall not be closed.