He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from it. Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually. Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them. (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
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In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from it. Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually. Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them. (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before. Nevertheless they didn’t depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained in Samaria.) For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son reigned in his place.
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He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. He didn’t depart from it.
Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
(Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, continually.
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Aram oppressed them. —
And the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they went out from under the hand of the Arameans; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
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- 2 Kings 14:26 (v4) For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for all, slave and free, and there was no helper for Israel.
- Exodus 3:7 (v4) Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I…
- 1 Kings 19:17 (v3) 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 13:24-25 (v3) Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place. Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad…
- Psalms 78:34 (v4) When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
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- Judges 2:14 (v3) Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of raiders who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of…
- 1 Kings 12:26-33 (v2) Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house. If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at…
- 2 Kings 13:25 (v5) 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…
- 2 Kings 14:25 (v5) 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…
- 2 Kings 14:27 (v5) Yahweh didn’t say that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the sky; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
- Nehemiah 9:27 (v5) Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you,…
- Jeremiah 33:3 (v4) ‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
- Genesis 21:17 (v4) God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be…
- Exodus 3:9 (v4) Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
- Numbers 21:7 (v4) The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take…
- Judges 10:15-16 (v4) The children of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, please, today.” They put away…
- 1 Kings 14:16 (v2) He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.”
- 2 Kings 12:17 (v3) Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- Psalms 50:15 (v4) Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Isaiah 63:9 (v4) In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore…
- 2 Kings 13:22 (vv3–4) Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
- Genesis 31:42 (v4) Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God…
- Exodus 4:10 (v5) Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech,…
- Leviticus 26:17 (v3) I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when…
- Deuteronomy 4:24-27 (v3) For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. When you shall father children and children’s children, and you shall have been…
- Deuteronomy 19:4 (v5) This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him in time…
- Deuteronomy 28:25 (v3) Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You…
- Judges 3:8 (v3) Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children…
- Judges 6:6-7 (v4) Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh. When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh…
- Judges 10:7-14 (v3) Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children of Ammon. They…
- Judges 10:10 (v4) The children of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the…
- 1 Samuel 19:7 (v5) Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.
- 2 Kings 8:12-13 (v3) 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…
- 2 Kings 10:29 (v2) However, Jehu didn’t depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, the golden calves that were in…
- 2 Kings 13:11 (v2) He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. He didn’t depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to…
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 (v5) In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd…
- 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 (v4) When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him; and he was…
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 (v4) His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set…
- Psalms 106:43-44 (v4) He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. Nevertheless he regarded…
- Isaiah 10:5-6 (v3) Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation! I will send him against a profane nation, and against the…
- Isaiah 19:20 (v5) It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he…
- Jeremiah 2:27 (v4) who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face;…
- Hosea 5:11 (v2) Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
- Obadiah 1:21 (v5) Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.
- Luke 2:11 (v5) For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- Hebrews 12:29 (v3) for our God is a consuming fire.
- Isaiah 26:16 (v4) Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv2, 3, 5 By worshipping the calves which Jeroboam did erect in…
By worshipping the calves which Jeroboam did erect in Israel.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv2–5 2Ki 13:2 And he did [that which was] evil…
2Ki 13:2 And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
Ver. 2. And he did that which was evil.] The throne of Judah had some interchanges of good princes; Israel none at all.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv3–5 Or rather, all his days, as it is explained,…
Or rather, all his days, as it is explained, 2Ki 13:22.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv2–5 And he did that which was evil in the…
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,.... Committed idolatry:
and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; worshipping the golden calves:
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he departed not therefrom; from the worship of them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v5 Verse 5. And the Lord gave Israel a saviour]…
Verse 5. And the Lord gave Israel a saviour] This was undoubtedly Joash, whose successful wars against the Syrians are mentioned at the conclusion of the chapter. Houbigant recommends to read the seventh verse after the fourth, then the fifth and sixth, and next the eighth, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv3–5 2Ki 13:3. The anger of the Lord was kindled…
2Ki 13:3. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel — Who, knowing the only living and true God to be a spirit, an eternal mind, an infinitely wise and mighty, just and holy, and absolutely perfect Being, besides all their other sins and abominations, still continued to change the glory of this their incorruptible God into the similitude of an ox, the truth of God into a lie, and, like the nations around them, to worship the work of their own hands. There could not be a greater reproach than the two idolized calves were, to a people acquainted with the nature and attributes of God, and intrusted with his lively oracles, in which he had given them rules, of his own appointment, to direct them how to worship him. Strange it is, indeed, that in all the history of the ten tribes, we never find the least shock given to that idolatry, but, in every reign, still the calf was their god! and that notwithstanding the many and repeated judgments executed upon them to reclaim them from that senseless and stupid practice. Well might the anger of God be kindled against them! And he delivered them into the hand of Hazael — It had been the honour of Israel that they were taken under the special protection of Heaven: God himself was their defence, the shield of their help, and the sword of their excellency. But here again, as often before, we find them stripped of this glory, and exposed to the insults of all their neighbours. Surely never was any nation so often plucked and pillaged as Israel was: but this they brought upon themselves by their sins: and when they had provoked God to break down their hedge, the goodness of their land did but tempt their neighbours. So low was Israel brought in this reign, by the many depredations which the Syrians made upon them, that the militia of the kingdom, and all the force they could bring into the field, was but fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, a despicable muster, 2Ki 13:7. Are the thousands of Israel come to this? How is the gold become dim!
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv3, 5 All their days - literally, “all the days.” Not…
All their days - literally, “all the days.” Not “all the days” of the two Syrian kings, for Ben-hadad lost to Joash all the cities which he had gained from Jehoahaz 2Ki 13:25; but either “all the days of Jehoahaz” 2Ki 13:22, or “all the days of Hazael” - both while he led his own armies, and while they were led by his son.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv3, 5 Days, while Joachaz lived, ver. 22. (Menochius) --- Yet…
Days, while Joachaz lived, ver. 22. (Menochius) --- Yet Benadad only molested his son. (Calmet) --- Hazael proved a dreadful scourge in the hand of God, to punish his people, chap. viii. 12. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv4–5 he saw the oppression of Israel--that is, commiserated the…
he saw the oppression of Israel--that is, commiserated the fallen condition of His chosen people. The divine honor and the interests of true religion required that deliverance should be granted them to check the triumph of the idolatrous enemy and put an end to their blasphemous taunts that God had forsaken Israel (Deu 32:27; Psa 12:4).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv3–5 3. All their days — Rather, all his days;…
3. All their days — Rather, all his days; literally, all the days; that is, all the days of Jehoahaz. Compare 2Ki_13:22.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv2–5 2. which made Israel to sin] R.V. wherewith he…
2. which made Israel to sin] R.V. wherewith he made, &c. As usual. The same change is needed below in verses 6 and 11 of this chapter. We must understand the language of this verse as referring not only to the days of Jehoahaz, but to those of his father Jehu, at least so far as the delivery of Israel into the hand of Hazael is concerned. For in 2Ki_10:32 we have already been told that in the time of Jehu ‘the Lord began to cut Israel short, and Hazael smote them’. What the writer here wishes to represent is that in spite of the calamities which befel the nation from Hazael in the previous reign, the son was no better than his father, and so ‘the Lord’s anger was kindled’; He sent severer punishments on those whom His warnings had not moved, and Hazael not only inflicted blows on the power of Israel, but made them still more subject to him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv4–5 (4) Besought.—Literally, stroked the face of; a metaphor which…
(4) Besought.—Literally, stroked the face of; a metaphor which occurs in Exo_32:11; 1Ki_13:6).
And the Lord hearkened unto him.—Not, however, immediately. (See 2Ki_13:7.) The Syrian invasions, which began under Jehu, were renewed again and again throughout the reign of Jehoahaz (2Ki_13:22), until the tide of conquest began to turn in the time of Joash (2Ki_13:15), whose incomplete victories (2Ki_13:17; 2Ki_13:19; 2Ki_13:25) were followed up by the permanent successes of his son Jeroboam II. (2Ki_14:25-28).
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The parenthesis marked in 2Ki_13:5 really begins, therefore, with the words, “And the Lord hearkened.” The historian added it by way of pointing out that although the prayer of Jehoahaz did not meet with immediate response, it was not ultimately ineffectual.
For he saw the oppression.—Comp. Exo_3:7; Deu_26:7.
The king of Syria.—Intentionally general, so as to include both Hazael and Ben-hadad III., his son (2Ki_13:24).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv2–5 And he did that which was evil in the…
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. There is no reason to believe that Jehoahaz re-introduced the Baal-worship, or sinned in any other flagrant way than by maintaining the calf-worship at Dan and Bethel. Jehu had done the same, (2Ki_10:29) as had all previous kings of Israel from the time of Jeroboam. The honor of God, however, required that idolatry of whatever kind should be punished, and the Samaritan kingdom could not otherwise be saved from destruction than by, "casting away all the works of darkness" and returning to the pure worship of Jehovah. Hence Jehu himself, notwithstanding the good service that he had done in crushing the Baal-worship, was chastised by God (2Ki_10:32, 2Ki_10:33) on account of his continuance in the "sin of Jeroboam;" and now Jehoahaz was even more signally punished. As Keil remarks, "The longer and the more obstinately the sin was continued, the more severe did the punishment become." And followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (comp. 2Ki_10:29, where the exegetical clause is added, "To wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan which made Israel to sin; (comp. 1Ki_15:26 1Ki_16:19, 26 22:52, etc.) he departed not therefrom. This is emphatic. Jehoahaz kept up the worship to the full, and in no way suffered it to decline.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v2 He did that which was evil in the sight…
2Ki_13:2-13
He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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Defection
Just as two roads that diverge from each other at a very sharp angle, get the wider apart the further they go, till at last half a continent may be held betwixt them--the little deflection from the narrow line of Christian duty and simple faithfulness, it is only Gods mercy that will prevent it from leading thee away out, out, out into the waste plains and doleful wildernesses, where all sinful, and dark, and foul things dwell for ever.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v3 The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel
The anger of Yahweh burned against Israel
Yahweh becoming angry with Israel is spoken of as if his anger was a fire that burned. AT: "Then Yahweh became very angry with Israel" (See: Metaphor)
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gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram and into the hand of Ben Hadad son of Hazael
Here "them" refers to Israel and "hand" refers to the power to control them. AT: "allowed Hazael the king of Aram, and Ben Hadad, his son, to repeatedly defeat the Israelites in battle" (See: Metonymy)
implored Yahweh
"prayed to Yahweh"
he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram was oppressing them
These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated for emphasis. The abstract noun "oppression" means the same as "the king of Aram was oppressing them." AT: "he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel" (See: Abstract Nouns)
a rescuer
"someone to rescue them"
they escaped from the hand of the Arameans
Here "hand" refers to the power to control them. AT: "he enabled them to be free from Aram's power" (See: Metonymy)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv3–4 13:3 Hazael, who had seized the throne of Aram…
13:3 Hazael, who had seized the throne of Aram in Damascus by assassinating his predecessor Ben-hadad II (8:15), continued the oppression of the northern kingdom. • Ben-hadad apparently served as a commander in Hazael’s forces until he succeeded his father as king in 802 BC.
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