2 Kings 10:32
in 2 Kings 10In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
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ASV
In those days Jehovah began to cut off from Israel: and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;
KJV
In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
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This verse in 2 Kings 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe 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 2Ki 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.
This site's exposition
the Lord began to cut Israel short
on 2 Kings 10:32-33
Judgment does not stop at Ahab's house; it turns next on Jehu's own kingdom. Hazael of Damascus begins stripping Israel's eastern territory, the very ground Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh had chosen for its pasture back in the wilderness, fulfilling what Elisha had already wept over at 2 Kings 8:12. The same chapter that records God's promise to Jehu's line records the first cost of the sins that promise did not erase.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Now the Reubenites and Gadites smarted for the choice which their ancestors made of an inheritance on that side Jordan, which Moses reproved them for, Num. xxxii. Now Hazael did what Elisha foresaw and foretold he would do. Yet, for doing it, God had a quarrel with him and with his kingdom, as we may find, Amos i.
5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short,.... To bring their dominions into a narrower compass; this was done in the days of Jehu, though he was so active and courageous, wherefore the hand of God was the more seen in it: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; which bordered on his country, when he did what Elisha foretold he would, 2Ki 8:12.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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).
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיָּמִ֣ים | baiyamim | in the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָהֵ֔ם | hahem | <the> those | H1992 → | 553 times |
| הֵחֵ֣ל | hechel | he began | H2490 → | |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְקַצּ֖וֹת | lekatzot | to cut off | H7096 → | |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֥ם | vaiyakem | and he struck down them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| חֲזָאֵ֖ל | chazael | Hazael | H2371 → | 23 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
בַּיָּמִ֣יםin the days
baiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָהֵ֔ם<the> those
hahemH1992 →553 times
הֵחֵ֣לhe began
hechelH2490 →
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְקַצּ֖וֹתto cut off
lekatzotH7096 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיַּכֵּ֥םand he struck down them
vaiyakemH5221 →499 times
חֲזָאֵ֖לHazael
chazaelH2371 →23 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
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,…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:3
So 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in…
- 2 Kings 15:16
At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- 2 Kings 12:17
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:3
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,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 8:12
Through
2 Kings 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Deuteronomy 3:17
Through
2 Kings 13:25Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:18–19
Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” So he struck the ground three times and stopped.
- 2 Kings 13:18–19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.