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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He appears
to have been previously a person in a high position at the court of Ben-hadad, and was sent by his
master to Elisha to inquire if he would recover from the malady under which he was suffering.
Elisha’s answer led to the murder of Ben-hadad by his ambitious servant, who forthwith mounted
the throne. (2 Kings 8:7-15) He was soon engaged in war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the
possession of the city of Ramoth-gilead. Ibid. (2 Kings 8:28) Towards the close of the reign of
Jehu, Hazael led the Syrians against the Israelites (about B.C. 860), whom he “smote in all their
coasts,” (2 Kings 10:32) thus accomplishing the prophecy of Elisha. Ibid . (2 Kings 8:12) At the
close of his life, having taken Gath, ibid. (2 Kings 12:17) comp. Amos 6:2 He proceeded to attack
Jerusalem, (2 Chronicles 24:24) and was about to assault the city when Joash bribed him to retire.
(2 Kings 12:18) Hazael appears to have died about the year B.C. 840, (2 Kings 13:24) having
reigned forty-six years.
Hazaiah
(whom Jehovah sees), a man of Judah of the family of the Shilonites, or descendants of Shelah.
(Nehemiah 11:5)
Hazaradar
etc. [Hazer]
Hazarmaveth
(court of death), the third in order of the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:26) The name is preserved
in the Arabic Hadramawt and Hadrumawl, the appellation of a province and an ancient people of
southern Arabia. The capital is Satham, a very ancient city, and its chief ports are Mirbat, Zafari
and Kisheem, from whence a great trade was carried on in ancient times with India and Africa.
Hazel
The Hebrew term luz occurs only in (Genesis 30:37) Authorities are divided between the hazel
and the almond tree as representing the luz . The latter is most probably correct.
Hazelelponi
(shade coming upon me), the sister of the sons of Etam in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles
4:3)
Hazer
topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name it
appears in the Authorized Version—
•In the plural, Hazerim and HAZEBOTH, for which see below.
•In the slightly different form of Hazor.
•In composition with other words:
•HAZAR-ADDAR (village of Addar), a place named as one of the landmarks on the southern
boundary of the land promised to Israel. (Numbers 34:4) Adar (Joshua 15:3)
•HAZAR-ENAN (village of fountains), the place at which the northern boundary of the land
promised to the children of Israel was to terminate. (Numbers 34:9,10) comp. Ezek 47:17; 48:1
•HAZAB GADDAH (village of fortune), one of the towns in the southern district of Judah, (Joshua
15:27) named between Moladah and Heshmon.
•HAZAR-SHUAL (village of jackals), a town in the southern district of Judah, lying between
Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. (Joshua 15:28; 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28)
•HAZAR-SUSAH (village of horses), one of the “cities” allotted to Simeon in the extreme south
of the territory of Judah. (Joshua 19:5)
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