Amos 1:4

1:4 So I will set Hazael’s house 1  on fire;

fire 2  will consume Ben Hadad’s 3  fortresses.

1 tn “Hazael’s house” (“the house of Hazael”) refers to the dynasty of Hazael.

sn Hazael took the throne of Aram in 843 b.c. and established a royal dynasty. See 2 Kgs 8:7-15 and W. Pitard, Ancient Damascus, 145-60.

2 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 sn Ben-hadad may refer to Hazael’s son and successor (2 Kgs 13:3, 24) or to an earlier king (see 1 Kgs 20), perhaps the ruler whom Hazael assassinated when he assumed power.