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2 Kings 13:5

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So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

(And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

KJV

(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And the Lord gave Israel a saviour,.... Not an angel sent by him, nor a captain raised up among them, nor the prophet Elisha, who predicted their deliverance, nor Jehoahaz himself, but his son Joash, 2Ki 13:25. so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; were not in subjection to them, nor harassed by them, nor in fear of them: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as before time; in peace and safety.

This site's exposition

Jehoahaz besought the Lord

on 2 Kings 13:4-6

Under Hazael's oppression Jehoahaz prays, and the LORD hears him and gives Israel a saviour, though the text withholds the man's name here and Gill and the bench identify him only later at verse 25 as Jehoahaz's own son Joash, the deliverance arriving after the father who prayed for it is dead. The parenthesis that closes the unit is the chapter's own commentary on the prayer: the sins of the house of Jeroboam remain, and the grove Ahab set up still stands in Samaria. Mercy answers the cry without waiting for the reform that never comes.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

The Lord gave Israel a saviour - Not immediately on the repentance of Jehoahaz but after his death (see 2Ki 13:25). They went out from under the hand of the Syrians - i. e. they ceased to be oppressed by the Syrians; they shook off their yoke, and became once more perfectly independent. Tents - See 1Ki 8:66 note.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

a saviour--This refers neither to some patriotic defender nor some signal victory, but to the deliverance obtained for Israel by the two successors of Jehoahaz, namely, Joash, who regained all the cities which the Syrians had taken from his father (2Ki 13:25); and Jeroboam, who restored the former boundaries of Israel (2Ki 14:25).

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

And the Lord gave Israel a savior - This was undoubtedly Joash, whose successful wars against the Syrians are mentioned at the conclusion of the chapter. Houbigant recommends to read the seventh verse after the fourth, then the fifth and sixth, and next the eighth, etc.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙to Israel

    leyisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • מוֹשִׁ֔יעַa deliverer

    moshia'H3467 →206 times

  • וַיֵּ֣צְא֔וּand they came out

    vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times

  • מִתַּ֖חַתfrom under

    mitachatH8478 →505 times

  • יַד־[the] hand of

    yad-H3027 →1618 times

  • אֲרָ֑םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • וַיֵּשְׁב֧וּand they dwelt

    vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶ֖םin tents their

    beoholeihemH168 →345 times

  • כִּתְמ֥וֹלas yesterday

    kitmolH8543 →

  • שִׁלְשֽׁוֹם׃three days ago

    shilshomH8032 →

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

Related verses

13 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 14:27and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.4 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.4 worksNehemiah 9:27So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.4 works2 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 of Israel.4 works1 Samuel 19:7So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.2 worksDeuteronomy 19:4Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:2 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Obadiah 1:21The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.2 worksIsaiah 19:20It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.2 works1 Chronicles 11:2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”2 worksLuke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!2 worksExodus 4:10“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”2 worksHosea 7:15Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.2 worksJeremiah 49:27“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”2 works

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 14:27

    and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 13:23

      But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been…

  • 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.

    • 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…

  • Through

    1 Samuel 19:7

    So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 16:21

      When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul admired him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer.

    • 1 Samuel 18:2

      And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

    • 1 Samuel 18:13

      Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

  • Through

    Nehemiah 9:27

    So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 106:41–45

      He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

  • Through

    2 Kings 13:25

    Then 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.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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