wilderness of Damascus: The wilderness of Damascus seems to have been that part of Arabia Deserta which lay on the south-east of that city, and east of the Trachonites, or the Djebel Haouran and El Ledja; at which the prophet could arrive without meeting Jezebel or any of his enemies. Genesis 14:15; 2 Kings 8:7; Acts 9:2-3
anoint: Isaiah 45:1; Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 27:2-22
Hazael: 2 Kings 8:8-15, 2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 9:14; Amos 1:4