Is thy servant a dog? either so vile and unworthy, as this expression is used, 2 Samuel 3:8, 2 Samuel 9:8; or so impudent, for which dogs are noted; or so fierce, and barbarous, and inhuman. Compare Psalms 22:16,20 Psalms 59:6. Thou shalt be king over Syria; and then thou shalt have power in thy hand, thou wilt discover that bloody disposition, and that hatred against God's people, which now lies hid from others, and possibly from thyself; and therefore with the kingdom thou wilt inherit their cruel dispositions.
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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.