2 Kings 13:3
in 2 Kings 13So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the anger of Jehovah 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, continually.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Kings 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
Jehoahaz son of Jehu
on 2 Kings 13:1-3
Jehu's dynasty had been promised four generations on the throne, and his son Jehoahaz opens that promise by walking the road Jeroboam laid down. The narrator names the sin before the punishment: the anger of the LORD delivers Israel into the hand of Hazael for the whole reign.
This site's exposition
delivered them continually
The Berean's continually stands for a phrase that Albert Barnes rendered literally as all the days. Barnes limited it to the days of Jehoahaz, as verse 22 puts it, or to the days of Hazael, whose armies Ben-hadad sometimes led. Ben-hadad later lost the cities to Jehoash at verse 25.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel,....
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽחַר־ | vaiyichar- | and it burned | H2734 → | |
| אַ֥ף | ʾaf | [the] anger of | H639 → | 276 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | beyisrael | on Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם | vaiyitenem | and he gave them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּיַ֣ד׀ | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חֲזָאֵ֣ל | chazael | Hazael | H2371 → | 23 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֗ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וּבְיַ֛ד | uveyad | and in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | Ben | H1130 → | 50 times |
| הֲדַ֥ד | hadad | Hadad | H1130 → | 50 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֲזָאֵ֖ל | chazael | Hazael | H2371 → | 23 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned
vaiyichar-H2734 →
אַ֥ף[the] anger of
ʾafH639 →276 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לon Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞םand he gave them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
בְּיַ֣ד׀in [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
חֲזָאֵ֣לHazael
chazaelH2371 →23 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֗םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וּבְיַ֛דand in [the] hand of
uveyadH3027 →1618 times
בֶּן־Ben
ben-H1130 →50 times
הֲדַ֥דHadad
hadadH1130 →50 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֲזָאֵ֖לHazael
chazaelH2371 →23 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּמִֽים׃the days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 2:14Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
it leads to
- Psalms 106:40–42
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- 2 Kings 17:20
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.…
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Psalms 106:40–42
Through
1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 8:12
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword,…
- 2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
- 2 Kings 8:12
Through
2 Kings 12:17At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 24:23–24
In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king…
- 2 Chronicles 24:23–24
What the record shows
1 entry- Ben-hadad (son of Hazael) — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Zakkur stele lines 4-5
Biblical figure (King of Aram-Damascus, early 8th c. BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.