Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageBut the very next day, Hazael took a heavy blanket, soaked it in water, and pressed it over Ben-Hadad's face until he suffocated. And Hazael became king in his place.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GBut the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water, and spread it over his face — and he died. Then Chazael became king in his place.
KJV
King James VersionAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleBut the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
Footnotes
The *makber* (מַכְבֵּר) is a thick woven cloth or coverlet. The assassination is swift, deliberate, and almost clinical — the murderer uses a household object rather than a sword. The text records no reaction, no trial, no divine intervention: the usurpation simply happens, as Elisha foresaw. Chazael — whose name means "El has seen" (חֲזָה-אֵל) — becomes Yahweh's instrument of judgment against Yisra'el (2 Kings 10:32; 12:17), a bitter irony woven into his very name.
