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Years after this, the Syrian king Ben-hadad was ill and sent his court official Hazael with gifts to Elijah's successor Elisha. Elisha asked Hazael to tell Ben-hadad that he would recover, but he revealed to Hazael that the king would die. The day after he returned to Ben-hadad in Damascus, Hazael suffocated him and seized power himself.

During his approximately 42-year reign (c. 842 BC-800 BC), King Hazael led the Arameans in battle against the forces of King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah. After defeating them at Ramoth-GileadRamoth-gilead heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of the Jordan river; called "Ramoth in Gilead" ( Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:38). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an effort to confront the king of the Arameans, was mortally wounded, Hazael repelled two attacks by the AssyrianNote This article has been the subject of contention and is currently being completely re-edited at Assyrian/Revision For the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, see Assyria. Assyrians are the indigenous people of north Iraq members of the Assyrian Church of ths, seized Israelite territory east of the JordanThis article is about the Jordan River is western Asia. For other meanings, see Jordan River (disambiguation The Jordan River seen from spaceNASA photo''Northern Part of the Great Rift Valley The Jordan River is a river in western Asia flowing through the, the Philistine city of Gath, and sought to take JerusalemCapitals in Asia For alternate uses see Jerusalem (disambiguation Jerusalem ( Modern Hebrew: Yerushalayim Biblical Hebrew: Arabic: al-Quds see also Names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christ as well ( 2 Kings 12:17). King Joash of Judah forestalled Hazael's invasion by bribing him with treasure from the royal palace and temple, after which he disappears from the Biblical account.