# Hazael king of Aram attacked ... Hazael then turned to attack

This refers to Hazael's army as well as to Hazael. AT: "Hazael king of Aram and his army attacked ... Then they turned to attack" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# Hazael

This is the name of the king of the country of Syria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# took it

"defeated and took control of it"

# Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers

These men were previous kings of Judah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# set apart

"dedicated"

# the gold that was found in the storerooms

"the gold that was stored in the storerooms"

# Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem

The gifts Joash gave Hazael convinced him not to attack Jerusalem. This can be made explicit. AT: "So Hazael stopped attacking Jerusalem and left"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/aram]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/joash]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jehoshaphat]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jehoram]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ahaziah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/setapart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]