Hazael

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Hazael
(El/God has seen)
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Ivory inlay possibly depicting Hazael of Damascus
King of Aram Damascus
(King of Syria)
Reign842–796 BC
PredecessorHadadezer
SuccessorBen-Hadad III
OccupationCourt official

Hazael (/ˈhziəl/; Hebrew: חֲזָהאֵל, Modern: Ḥaza'ēl, Tiberian: H̱azā'ēl;[1] Aramaic: חזאל, from the triliteral Semitic root h-z-y, "to see"; his full name meaning, "El/God has seen"; Akkadian: