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Who is your servant, that he should to this great thing?
Hazael is talking about himself. AT: "Who am I, that I would have the power to do such things?" or "I could never do such things!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
He is only a dog
Hazael is talking about himself. AT: "I am like a lowly animal." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
came to his master
AT: "went back to Benhadad,"
He answered, "He told me that you would certainly recover"
AT: "Hazael replied, 'Elisha told me that you would not die from this illness'."
so that he died
Hazael put a wet blanket over king Benhadad's face. Benhadad was unable to breathe through it, and so he died. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicitinfo)
Then Hazael became king in his place
As Elisha had prophesied, Hazael became the king of Aram after Benhadad was dead.