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2 Kings 13:24

King James Version (KJV)
Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

So Hazael … died - literally, “And Hazael died,” a fact not mentioned before.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. Trouble comes sometimes from that point whence we least feared it. The mention of this invasion on the death of Elisha, shows that the removal of God's faithful prophets is a presage of coming judgments. His dead body was a means of giving life to another dead body. This miracle was a confirmation of his prophecies. And it may have reference to Christ, by whose death and burial, the grave is made a safe and happy passage to life to all believers. Jehoash was successful against the Syrians, just as often as he had struck the ground with the arrows, then a stop was put to his victories. Many have repented, when too late, of distrusts and the straitness of their desires.
Cross References
The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE