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2 Kings 13:24

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When Hazael king of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad reigned in his place.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.

KJV

So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben–hadad his son reigned in his stead.

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Commentary

4 notes on this verse
So Hazael the king of Syria died, and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. This was Benhadad the third; the first of this name was of the Damascene kings; but though the kingdom was now in another family, yet this name, being respectable with the Syrians, was retained in it.

This site's exposition

So Hazael king of Syria died

on 2 Kings 13:24-25

Hazael's death and his son's succession clear the ground for the deliverance promised back at verse 5 to take its full shape: Jehoash recovers the cities his father lost, and does it in exactly three victories, no more. Gill and Henry both draw the line straight back to the bow: thrice Joash beat the Syrians, just as often as he had struck the ground with the arrows, and there the course of his victories stopped. A half obedience buys a partial deliverance, and the chapter lets the arithmetic stand without softening it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was the honour of Israel that they worshipped the only living and true God, who is a Spirit, an eternal mind, and had rules by which to worship him of his own appointment; but by changing the glory of their incorruptible God into the similitude of an ox, the truth of God into a lie, they lost this honour, and levelled themselves with the nations that worshipped the work of their own hands.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

So Hazael ... died - literally, “And Hazael died,” a fact not mentioned before.

The words behind it

9 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.

  • וַיָּ֖מָתand he died

    vaiyamotH4191 →839 times

  • חֲזָאֵ֣לHazael

    chazaelH2371 →23 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • אֲרָ֑םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king

    vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times

  • בֶּן־Ben

    ben-H1130 →50 times

  • הֲדַ֥דHadad

    hadadH1130 →50 times

  • בְּנ֖וֹson his

    benoH1121 →4930 times

  • תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him

    tachtavH8478 →505 times

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

Related verses

2 in all, six open

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

    Luke 18:7

    Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 3:9

      The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

    • Hebrews 10:35–37

      So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

    • 1 Timothy 5:5

      The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

    • Luke 11:13

      So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

    • Jeremiah 20:11–13

      But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting…

  • Through

    Psalms 125:3

    For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 14:5–6

      The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

    • Psalms 89:22

      No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

    • Proverbs 22:8

      He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

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.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 13 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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