Hazael = "one who sees God"

 1) a king of Syria; sent by his master, Ben-hadad, to the prophet
    Elisha, to seek a remedy for Ben-hadad's leprosy; apparently later
    killed Ben-hadad, assumed the throne, and soon became engaged in a
    war with the kings of Judah and Israel for the possession of the
    city of Ramoth-gilead