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2 Kings 12:18

in 2 Kings 12

So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

KJV

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

This verse in 2 Kings 12

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Took all the hallowed things - He dearly bought a peace which was of short duration, for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash, having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which he lost, with the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was totally ruined, and Jehoash shortly after slain in his bed by his own servants; 2Ch 24:23.

This site's exposition

set his face to go up

on 2 Kings 12:17-18

Hazael's army takes Gath, the one recorded expedition of Damascus reaching so far south, then turns to face Jerusalem itself. Jehoash empties two treasuries to send him back, the hallowed things three generations of his own fathers had dedicated and his own hallowed things besides, all the gold the temple and the king's house together held. Hazael takes the payment and withdraws, the wealth a repaired temple had only lately received now spent to cancel a siege rather than furnish worship.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If he had not forsaken God, and forfeited his protection, his affairs would not have been brought to this extremity, but he might have forced Hazael to retire. He diminished himself, and made himself very mean, lost the honour of a prince and a soldier, and of an Israelite too, in alienating the dedicated things. He impoverished himself and his kingdom.

The words behind it

33 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.

  • וַיִּקַּ֞חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947966 times

  • יְהוֹאָ֣שׁJehoash

    yehoashH306017 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֗הJudah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • אֵ֣ת<obj.>

    ʾetH85310935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הַקֳּדָשִׁ֡יםthe holy things

    hakodashimH6944469 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H8345497 times

  • הִקְדִּ֣ישׁוּthey had consecrated

    hikdishuH6942

  • יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טJehoshaphat

    yehoshafatH309284 times

  • וִיהוֹרָם֩and Jehoram

    vihoramH308829 times

  • וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּand Ahaziah

    vaachazyahuH27437 times

  • אֲבֹתָ֜יוancestors his

    ʾavotavH11212 times

  • מַלְכֵ֤י[the] kings of

    malkheiH44282525 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063819 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • קֳדָשָׁ֔יוown holy things his

    kodashavH6944469 times

  • וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הַזָּהָ֗בthe gold

    hazahavH2091389 times

  • הַנִּמְצָ֛אwhich was found

    hanimtza'H4672455 times

  • בְּאֹצְר֥וֹתin [the] treasuries of

    beotzerotH21479 times

  • בֵּית־[the] house of

    beit-H10042046 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • וּבֵ֣יתand [the] house of

    uveitH10042046 times

  • הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חand he sent [them]

    vaiyishlachH7971845 times

  • לַֽחֲזָאֵל֙to Hazael

    lachazaelH237123 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH44282525 times

  • אֲרָ֔םAram

    ʾaramH758143 times

  • וַיַּ֖עַלand he went up

    vaiyaalH5927890 times

  • מֵעַ֥לfrom on

    mealH59215755 times

  • יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem

    yerushalimH3389643 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

    2 Kings 12:4

    Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 22:4

      “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

    • Exodus 35:5

      Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

    • Exodus 30:12–16

      “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when…

    • 1 Chronicles 29:3–9

      Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy…

    • Exodus 35:29

      So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

  • Through

    1 Kings 15:18

    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 14:26

      He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.

    • 1 Kings 11:23–24

      And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

    • 1 Kings 15:15

      And he brought into the house of the LORD the silver and gold and other articles that he and his father had dedicated.

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.