Back حزئيل Arabic ܚܙܐܝܠ ARC حزائيل ARZ Hazael Catalan Hasael (Damaskus) German Αζαήλ Greek Hazael Spanish Hasael Finnish Hazaël French חזאל HE
| Hazael | |
|---|---|
| (El/God has seen) | |
 Ivory inlay possibly depicting Hazael of Damascus | |
| King of Aram Damascus | |
| Reign | 842–796 BC |
| Predecessor | Hadadezer |
| Successor | Ben-Hadad III |
| Occupation | Court official |
Hazael (/ˈheɪziəl/; Biblical Hebrew: חֲזָאֵל or חֲזָהאֵל, romanized: Ḥăzāʾēl;[1] Old Aramaic: 𐡇𐡆𐡀𐡋, romanized: ḤZʾL, from the triliteral Semitic root h-z-y, "to see"; his full name meaning, "El/God has seen"; Akkadian: 𒄩𒍝𒀪𒀭, romanized: Ḫa-za-’-ilu) was an Aramean king who is mentioned in the Bible.[2][3] Under his reign, Aram-Damascus became an empire that ruled over large parts of Syria and Israel.[4] While he was likely born in the greater Damascus region of today, his exact place of birth is still controversial, with both Bashan and the Beqaa Valley being favoured by different historians.[5][6][7]
- ^ I Kings 19:15, II Kings 8:8, etc.
- ^ Hastings, James; Driver, Samuel Rolles (1899). A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with its Language, Literature, and Contents, including the Biblical Theology. Vol. 3. T. & T. Clark. p. 832.
- ^ Arnold, Bill T.; Williamson, Hugh Godfrey Maturin (2006). Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books (Illustrated ed.). InterVarsity Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8308-1782-5.
- ^ David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers (31 December 2000). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.
- ^ Sigurður Hafþórsson (2006). A Passing Power: An Examination of the Sources for the History of Aram-Damascus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century B.C. Almqvist & Wiksell International. p. 61. ISBN 978-91-22-02143-8.
- ^ D. Matthew Stith (2008). The Coups of Hazael and Jehu: Building an Historical Narrative. Gorgias Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-59333-833-6.
- ^ Hadi Ghantous (14 October 2014). The Elisha-Hazael Paradigm and the Kingdom of Palestine: The Politics of God in Ancient Syria-Palestine. Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-317-54435-7.