Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 8:13

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 shalt be king over Syria .

Either, so vile and unworthy, as this expression is used, 2 Sam. 3. 8. and 9. 8. or so impudent, for which Dogs are noted: or, so fierce, and barbarous, and inhumane. Compare Psal. 22. 16, 20. and 59. 6.

And when thou shalt have power in thy hand, thou wiltst discover that bloody disposition, and that hatred against Gods People, which now lies hid from others, and possibly from thy self; and therefore with the Kingdom thou wiltst inherit their cruel [illegible: 1+ letters] ons.