2 Kings 13:22
in 2 Kings 13And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
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ASV
And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
KJV
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
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This verse in 2 Kings 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. That he reigned alone, at least, before he took his son Joash to reign with him.
This site's exposition
oppressed Israel all the days
on 2 Kings 13:22-23
The narrator states the oppression once more before turning to the reason it did not become extermination, and the reason is named without qualification: the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Where thread one holds Judah's throne on David's covenant, the same chapter holds the northern people themselves on the patriarchal covenant older than either kingdom, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet leaves the door open rather than shut. Barnes reads as yet against 2 Ki 17:18-20's later casting out, a mercy with a horizon rather than a permanent reprieve.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), but his son, to whom, in answer to his father's prayers, God gave success against the Syrians, so that he recovered the cities which they had taken from his father,
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Surely never was any nation so often plucked and pillaged by their neighbours as Israel was. This the people brought upon themselves by sin; when they had provoked God to pluck up their hedge, the goodness of their land did but tempt their neighbours to prey upon them.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ | vachazael | and Hazael | H2371 → | 23 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֔ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| לָחַ֖ץ | lachatz | he had oppressed | H3905 → | 19 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֥י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃ | yehoachaz | Jehoahaz | H3059 → | 20 times |
וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙and Hazael
vachazaelH2371 →23 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֔םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
לָחַ֖ץhe had oppressed
lachatzH3905 →19 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֥י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃Jehoahaz
yehoachazH3059 →20 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
- 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
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.
- Hosea 13:16
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.