7Elisha came to Damascus. Ben-hadad king of Aram was weak, and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come as far as here."8The king said to Hazael, "Take an offering in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and seek the LORD from him, saying, 'Shall I live from this sickness?'"9Hazael went to meet him, took an offering in his hand and all the goodness of Damascus as a burden of forty camels, came and stood before him, and said, Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, Shall I live from this sickness?10Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, You shall not live, for the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die."11He fixed his face until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept.12Hazael said, Why does my lord weep? He said, Because I know what you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will send with fire, their young men you will kill with the sword, their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open.13Hazael said, How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a great thing? Elisha replied, The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.14He went from Elisha and came to his lord, and he said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" He said, "He said to me, 'You shall certainly live.'"15The next day Hazael took a cloth, soaked it in water, spread it over the king's face, and he died. Hazael then reigned in his place.