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2 Kings 8:29

in 2 Kings 8

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

KJV

And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

This verse in 2 Kings 8

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
From Ramoth, having taken it, and left his army there: to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah; the same with Ramothgilead: when he fought against Hazael king of Syria; for Benhadad being dead, he was now king in his room, 2Ki 8:15. and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick; of the wounds which he had received, which might occasion a feverish disorder; and so it was brought about in Providence that Ahaziah should here meet with the destruction appointed for him, of which in the following chapter.

This site's exposition

to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead

on 2 Kings 8:28-29

Ahaziah joins Joram of Israel against the Hazael whose crown Elisha wept over, and the Syrians wound Joram at Ramah. Joram withdraws to Jezreel to recover, and Ahaziah goes down to see him there. Jezreel is Jezebel's city and Naboth's field, and the next chapter opens on that same ground.

This site's exposition

returned to Jezreel to recover

John Gill identifies Ramah with Ramoth-gilead and says Joram had taken the town and left his army there. Adam Clarke notes that Jehu killed Joram there. Matthew Henry sees providence bringing Ahaziah to Jezreel so that the man drawn into Ahab's sins would fall with Ahab's house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Providence so ordered it, that he who had been debauched by the house of Ahab might be cut off with them, when the measure of their iniquity was full, as we shall find in the next chapter. Those who partake with sinners in their sins must expect to partake with them in their plagues.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Canaan, that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness, for the iniquity of those that dwelt therein. The famine in Samaria was soon relieved by the raising of that siege, but neither that judgment nor that mercy had a due influence upon them, and therefore the Lord called for another famine; for when he judgeth he will overcome.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Went back to be healed in Jezreel - And there he continued till Jehu conspired against and slew him there. And thus the blood of the innocents, which had been shed by Ahab and his wife Jezebel, was visited on them in the total extinction of their family. See the following chapters, where the bloody tale of Jehu’s conspiracy is told at large. I Have already had to remark on the chronological difficulties which occur in the historical books; difficulties for which copyists alone are responsible.

The words behind it

31 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיָּשָׁב֩and he returned

    vaiyashavH7725 →1056 times

  • יוֹרָ֨םJoram

    yoramH3141 →20 times

  • הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣אto get himself healed

    lehitrape'H7495 →67 times

  • בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלin Jezreel

    veyizreelH3157 →36 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַמַּכִּים֙the wounds

    hamakimH4347 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יַכֻּ֤הוּthey wounded him

    yakuhuH5221 →499 times

  • אֲרַמִּים֙[the] Arameans

    ʾaramimH761 →11 times

  • בָּֽרָמָ֔הat <the> Ramah

    baramahH7414 →

  • בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹwhen fought he

    behilachamoH3898 →177 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • חֲזָהאֵ֖לHazael

    chazahelH2371 →23 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אֲרָ֑םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּand Ahaziah

    vaachazyahuH274 →37 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוֹרָ֜םJehoram

    yehoramH3088 →29 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • יָרַ֡דhe went down

    yaradH3381 →381 times

  • לִרְא֞וֹתto see

    lirotH7200 →1300 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יוֹרָ֧םJoram

    yoramH3141 →20 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • אַחְאָ֛בAhab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

  • בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלin Jezreel

    beyizreelH3157 →36 times

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • חֹלֶ֥ה[was] sick

    cholehH2470 →76 times

  • הֽוּא׃ פhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Kings 22:34

    However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:23

      There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

    • Micah 6:13

      Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.

    • 1 Samuel 17:49

      Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

    • Revelation 9:9

      They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

  • Through

    2 Kings 8:28

    Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 22:5

      Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

    • 2 Kings 3:7

      And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am…

    • 1 Kings 19:17

      Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

    • 2 Chronicles 18:2–3

      And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him, and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.