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Hazael of Damascus
A mighty Aramean king, Hazael fought Israel and likely commissioned the Tel Dan stele, boasting of slaying seventy kings.
Israel's ninth-century nemesis.
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Seventy is a conventional exaggeration. He names only two: a king of Israel and a king of the 'House of David.'
Bible reference: 2 Kings 8:7–15
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 88
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