Atlas Biblica

    person

    Hazael

    חֲזָהאֵל

    Hazael, king of Aram, was anointed by Elijah and fought against Israel and Judah.

    verses
    21
    first named
    1 Kings 19:15
    last named
    2 Chronicles 22:6
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Syria

    Description

    Who was Hazael?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Hazael was the king of Aram (Syria) during the reigns of Jehoram, Jehu, Jehoahaz, and Jehoash of Israel, and Ahaziah and Joash of Judah. He was anointed by the prophet Elijah as the future king of Aram (1Ki.19.15, 17). Hazael became king after the death of Ben-Hadad II, whom he had murdered (2Ki.8.15). During his reign, Hazael fought against Israel and Judah, capturing cities and inflicting heavy casualties (2Ki.8.28-29; 9.14-15; 10.32; 12.17-18; 13.3, 22). He also oppressed Israel during the reign of Jehoahaz (2Ki.13.3, 22). However, Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, recaptured some cities from Hazael's son, Ben-Hadad III (2Ki.13.24-25). The prophet Amos prophesied against Hazael and his dynasty for their cruelty against Israel (Amo.1.4).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Hazael10 of 17 entities the graph connects to Hazael, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel4 events · 2,578 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesGoing1 event · 333 versesSword1 event · 254 versesWater1 event · 230 versesElisha5 events · 53 versesGath2 events · 41 versesRamoth3 events · 35 versesAhaziah2 events · 26 versesJoram3 events · 19 versesHazael

    The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.

    Father of

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    and 8 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Hazael happensAll 2 places the claims about Hazael reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Syria, Ramoth. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Hazael there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.SyriaRamoth
    Divided MonarchyAll 2 places the claims about Hazael reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 21, across 4 books. The name is written 23 times in them.

    1. 1 Kings2 verses

      19:1519:17

    2. 2 Kings16 verses

      8:88:98:128:138:158:288:299:149:1510:3212:1712:1813:313:2213:2413:25

    3. 2 Chronicles2 verses

      22:522:6

    4. Amos1 verse

      1:4

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Delivery of Israel and King Of Aram and Hazael’s oppression of IsraelIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram FightAhaziahKing of Judah, son of Jehoram and Athaliahvia Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram FightJoramKing of N. Israel, son of Ahabvia Ahaziah and Joram’s going of Hazael and Ahaziah Joram FightRamothCity of refuge east of the Jordanvia Delivery of IsraelDeliveryDelivery is a concept gathering 99 labelled instances in the text.via King Of Aram and Hazael’s oppression of IsraelJehoahaz’s reignJehoahaz’s reign is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via King Of Aram and Hazael’s oppression of IsraelOppressionOppression is a concept gathering 19 labelled instances in the text.via Ahaziah Joram FightFightingFighting is a concept gathering 40 labelled instances in the text.via Ahaziah and Joram’s going of HazaelGoingGoing is a concept gathering 321 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

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    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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