...foresaw, that he would be guilty. We are not to do him the wrong of supposing, that when he exclaimed, "What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing!" he played the hypocrite. Far from it. He spoke the language of ingenuousness. He was then sincerely...

...him. It was not a hypocritical affectation of horror when he replied to the prophet's prediction, " But what! Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" We believe that Hazael was really shocked at the contemplation of the crimes which the Prophet described....

...foretold him what he would do to the children of Israel, — filled with indignation he replied, " But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king of Syria." * The change which...

...their future conduct had been £• j* revealed to them, would have exclaimed with Hazael, . . •. ..What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great i»~ thing ? And even if your appetites and passions should not lead to open vice, they may keep you...

...with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13 And Hazael said, But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing ? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shall be king over Syria. 14 So he departed...

...And Hazael said (when he saw Elisha weeping, and heard him foretelling of his own future atrocities), But what ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing 1 And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shall be king over Syria. 3 JCi. viii. li...

...slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Dr. Blair, in commenting on this text, observes, — "We here behold a man who, in one state of life,...

...be such as formerly he would Ijavo ah* "* horred in die highest degree, and have said with Hnzael, " what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing 1" W. Bennet thus opening matters to her, did, by his wholesome admonition, so work upon her mind,...

...though it be such as he would formerly have abhorred in the highest degree, and have said with Hazael, " What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" See 2 Kings viii. 13. Wm. Bennit, thus opening matters to her, by his wholesome admonitions so wrought...

...spirit, his future tyranny and cruelty, he could not contain himself from bursting into a flood of tears. much warmth, he replies : " But what ? — is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" 4. Elisha makes no return, but to point out a remarkable change, which was to take place in his...