2 Raja-raja 3:21

3:21 Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, ¹  so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border. ² 

2 Raja-raja 8:13

8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” ³  Elisha answered, “The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” ⁴ 

[3:21]  ¹ tn Heb “had come up to fight them.”

[3:21]  ² tn Heb “and they mustered all who tied on a belt and upwards, and they stood at the border.”

[8:13]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed, what is your servant, a dog, that he could do this great thing?” With his reference to a dog, Hazael is not denying that he is a “dog” and protesting that he would never commit such a dastardly “dog-like” deed. Rather, as Elisha’s response indicates, Hazael is suggesting that he, like a dog, is too insignificant to ever be in a position to lead such conquests.

[8:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “The Lord has shown me you [as] king over Syria.”