13 So Hazael said, “But what ^ais your servant—a dog, that he should do this gross thing?” And Elisha answered, ^b“The Lord has shown me that you will become king over Syria.”  ‡

14 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.”

16 Now ^ain the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, ^bJehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.  ‡

17 He was ^athirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.  ‡