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2 Kings 13:12

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As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

KJV

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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This verse in 2 Kings 13

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Wherewith he fought against Amaziah - This war with Amaziah may be seen in ample detail 2 Chron. 25; it ended in the total defeat of Amaziah, who was taken prisoner by Joash, and afterwards slain in a conspiracy at Lachish. Joash took Jerusalem, broke down four hundred cubits of the wall, and took all the royal treasures, and the treasures of the house of God. See 2Ch 25:20-27.

This site's exposition

Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz

on 2 Kings 13:10-13

Joash inherits his father's sin along with his father's throne, the same formula, the same calves, the same refusal to depart from Jeroboam's way that has now run four reigns. Verse 13 names Jeroboam the second sitting on his throne before the narrative has told a word of Jehoash's own acts, the book's habit of naming the next king before finishing the last one's story. This Joash is the deliverer the parenthesis of verse 5 promised, arriving under a name the chapter has not yet spent on him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,.... Though none of his acts as yet are recorded, but his sinful ones: and his might; or valiant actions in war with the Syrians, 2Ki 13:25, and wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah; of which there is an account in the following chapter: are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? in the history of the transactions of their reigns.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

That one evil was enough to leave an indelible mark of infamy upon his name; for, how little evil soever men saw in it, it was, in the sight of the Lord, a very wicked thing; and we are sure that his judgment is according to truth.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

According to ordinary laws of historical composition, these verses should form the closing paragraph of the present chapter.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And Yorovom sat on his throne. He was his [Yoash’s] son. There is reason to wonder why these two verses were written here, for [Scripture] continues and tells about events of Yoash, and then repeats, “The rest of Yoash’s deeds, etc., 3 Below:15.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Kings 13:13:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

22 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.

  • וְיֶ֨תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • יוֹאָשׁ֙Joash

    yoashH3101 →47 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֔הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹand might his

    ugevuratoH1369 →61 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִלְחַ֔םhe waged war

    nilchamH3898 →177 times

  • עִ֖םwith

    ʾimH5973 →1050 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֣הAmaziah

    ʾamatzyahH558 →40 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • הֲלֽוֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֥יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

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

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 14:8–16Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.2 works2 Kings 13:14–25When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”2 works2 Chronicles 25:17–24Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.2 works2 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 Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.2 works2 Kings 14:18As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?2 works

The walk

5 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 14:25

    This 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.

    • Numbers 13:21

      So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

    • Jonah 1:1

      Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

    • 1 Kings 8:65

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

    • Joshua 19:13

      From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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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.

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