(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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