In those days Yahweh began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
Parallel Translations
-
In those days Yahweh began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
-
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
-
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel:
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 2 Kings 10:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 19:17 He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
- 2 Kings 8:12 Hazael said, “Why do you weep, my lord?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, and will dash their little ones in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women.”
- 2 Kings 13:22 Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
- 2 Kings 13:25 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Joash struck him three times, and recovered the cities of Israel.
- 2 Kings 14:25 He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to Yahweh, the God of Israel’s word, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
Cross-references from openbible.info (CC BY 4.0)
Explain this verse (13 sources)
Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.
Private notes
Saved on this device only — never synced or sent anywhere.
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, to cut them off.
Or, to cut them off.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 10:32 In those days the LORD began to…
2Ki 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
Ver. 32. The Lord began to cut Israel short.] By turning in the Syrians upon them, to waste their country.
Read full note →
And Hazael smote them.] Exercising those inhuman cruelties upon them foretold by Elisha, {2Ki 8:12} and that in Jehu’s lifetime, res Israelis fuerunt accisae, notwithstanding all his might. {2Ki 10:34} For his calf worship, his puissance was turned into pusillanimity, and his glory into shame. The like befell Henry IV of France, after that he turned Papist.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In those days; in the time of Jehu’s life…
In those days; in the time of Jehu’s life and reign, as may be gathered by comparing 2Ki 10:31.
To cut Israel short; either to diminish the number of the people, by cutting them off; or to straiten their borders.
Read full note →
In all the coasts of Israel, i.e. in their borders, or the uttermost part of their land beyond Jordan, as it is explained, 2Ki 10:33. And at this time possibly he executed those cruelties mentioned 2Ki 8:12.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and…
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Of the preceding kings from the times of Jeroboam, in which their several acts were recorded, and his also.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Of the preceding kings from the times of Jeroboam, in which their several acts were recorded, and his also.
Read full note →
2 Kings 10:35
kg2 10:35
kg2 10:35
kg2 10:35And Jehu slept with his fathers,.... Died as they did:
and they buried him in Samaria; where Omri and Ahab, his predecessors, were buried, Kg1 16:28.
and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead; who reigned seventeen years, Kg2 13:1.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. The Lord began to cut Israel short]…
Verse 32. The Lord began to cut Israel short] The marginal reading is best: The Lord cut off the ends; and this he did by permitting Hazael to seize on the coasts, to conquer and occupy the frontier towns. This was the commencement of those miserable ravages which Elisha predicted; see 2Kg 8:12. And we find from the next verse that he seized on all the land of Gilead, and that of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; in a word, whatever Israel possessed on the east side of Jordan.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 10:32. In those days — In the time…
2Ki 10:32. In those days — In the time of Jehu’s life and reign, 2Ki 10:34. The Lord began to cut Israel short — Either to diminish the number of the people by cutting them off, or to straiten their borders. Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel — In their borders, or the outermost part of their land, beyond Jordan, as it is explained 2Ki 10:33; and at this time, probably, he executed the cruelties predicted by Elisha, 2Ki 8:12.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain To cut Israel short - literally, “to cut off…
To cut Israel short - literally, “to cut off in Israel,” i. e., to take away from Israel portions of its territory (see the marginal reference).
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Weary. Hebrew, "to retrench or destroy." Hazael took occasion,…
Weary. Hebrew, "to retrench or destroy." Hazael took occasion, from the absence of Jehu (Calmet) from Galaad, and the disturbances on the west of the Jordan, to dismember the provinces on the east, and to commit the horrid ravages foretold by Eliseus, chap. viii. 12. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. Began to cut Israel short — That is,…
32. Began to cut Israel short — That is, in the latter part of Jehu’s reign Israel began to suffer those fearful punishments of invasion and conquest from the north and northeast, which finally ended in the total captivity of the land. Jehu’s name occurs on the Assyrian monuments among others who paid tribute to the king of Assyria, and Rawlinson (Historical Evidences, page 113) inclines to the opinion “that from this date both the Jewish and the Israelitish kings held their crowns as fiefs, dependent on the will of the Assyrian monarch, with whom it formally lay to ‘confirm’ each new prince ‘in his kingdom.’” See 2Ki_14:5, note.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32–36. Cutting short of Israel. Jehu’s death, his successor…
32–36. Cutting short of Israel. Jehu’s death, his successor and the duration of his reign (Not in Chronicles)
32. to cut Israel short] Literally ‘to cut off in Israel’. The meaning is ‘to give over some parts of their land into the enemy’s hand’. This, it is said, should rather be expressed by ‘to cut off from Israel’. But, as it stands, the context makes all clear enough. What had been part of Israel’s possessions, was severed from it, and passed into the power of Hazael and the Syrians.
Read full note →
in all the coasts of Israel] In the days when the A.V. was made, ‘coast’ meant ‘any border land’ and had no necessary relation to the sea. The ‘coasts’ described in the next verse are all on the east of Jordan, and entirely away from the Mediterranean. Hazael must have thoroughly overrun and taken possession of the trans-Jordanic part of Israel.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) In those days.—As a vassal and ally of…
(32) In those days.—As a vassal and ally of Assyria (see Notes on 2Ki_9:2), Jehu drew upon himself the active hostility of Hazael. (See Note on 2Ki_8:15.) Schröder remarks that it was quite natural for the Israelite sovereign to “throw himself into the arms of distant Assyria, in order to get protection against his immediate neighbour Syria, Israel’s hereditary foe.” Comp. the similar conduct of Ahaz as against Pekah and Rezin (2Ki_16:7). From the point of view of the sacred writer, this verse states the consequence of Jehu’s neglect of “walking in Jehovah’s instruction with all his heart” (2Ki_10:31).
The Lord began.—Through Hazael and the Syrians. (Comp. Isa_7:17; Isa_7:20; Isa_10:5-6.)
Read full note →
To cut Israel short.—Literally, to cut off in Israel—i.e., to cut off part after part of Israelite territory. (The verb means to cut off the extremities, Pro_26:6.) This refers to the conquests of Hazael. The Targum explains, “The wrath of the Lord began to be strong against Israel;” and the Vulg. has, “tædere super Israel.” Thenius conjectures from this that we should read, “to be wrathful with Israel;” but the construction would not then be usual.
In all the coasts.—Rather, on the whole border—scil., conterminous with Syria.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ver. 32-36. Jehu"s wars, length of reign, and successor.
Ver. 32-36. Jehu"s wars, length of reign, and successor.
In those days the Lord began to out Israel short. It is certainly not stated in direct terms that the ill success of Jehu"s foreign wars was a punishment on him for his continued maintenance of the calf-idolatry; but the juxtaposition of vers. 31 and 32 naturally raises the idea, and constitutes a strong presumption that it was in the writer"s mind. The "theocracy" under the kings was carried on mainly, as the writer of Chronicles clearly saw, by the bestowal of worldly prosperity and military success on good kings, and the accumulation of misfortunes and military disasters on bad ones. (see 2Ch_12:5-12 2Ch_13:4-18 2Ch_14:2-15 2Ch_15:2-15 2Ch_17:3-5. etc.) By "cutting Israel short literally, "cutting off in Israel is probably meant the conquest of certain portions of the territory. Hazael resumed the war which Benhadad had so long waged, and gained numerous successes. And Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; or, along their whole frontier (Bahr). The frontier intended is, of course, that on the north and east, where the Israelite territory was conterminous with that of Syria.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 began to cut off regions from Israel
began to cut off regions from Israel
"began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller"
Read full note →
regions
areas of land
Hazael defeated
Here "Hazael" refers to himself and his army. AT: "Hazael and his army" or "King Hazael's Aramean army" (See: Synecdoche)
Hazael
See how you translated this king's name in 2 Kings 8:8. (See: How to Translate Names)
from the Jordan eastward
"from the land east of the Jordan"
Aroer ... Bashan
These are all names of places. (See: How to Translate Names)
the Arnon
"the Arnon River" This is the name of a river. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
cut off
Jordan River
Gilead
Gad
Reuben
Manasseh
Bashan
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.