So I will set Hazael’s house ¹  on fire; fire ²  will consume Ben Hadad’s ³  fortresses.

biblegateway Amo 1:4

"So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael's palace, and it will consume Ben-hadad's citadels.

I will send a fire on the house of Hazael and burn down the palaces of Ben Hadad.

biblegateway Amo 1:4

I will send fire upon the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.

So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

bibleoremus Amo 1:4

So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

Therefore I shall send fire on Hazael's house, fire to consume Ben-hadad's palaces;

biblegateway Amo 1:4

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of Ben–Hadad.

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

biblegateway Amo 1:4

So I will set Hazael’s house ¹  on fire; fire ²  will consume Ben Hadad’s ³  fortresses.

¹ tn “Hazael’s house” (“the house of Hazael”) refers to the dynasty of Hazael.

¹ sn Hazael took the throne of Aram in 843 b.c. and established a royal dynasty. See 2 Kgs 8:7-15 and W. Pitard, Ancient Damascus, 145-60.

² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn Ben-hadad may refer to Hazael’s son and successor (2 Kgs 13:3, 24) or to an earlier king (see 1 Kgs 20), perhaps the ruler whom Hazael assassinated when he assumed power.