2 Kings 8:28
in 2 Kings 8Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
KJV
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth–gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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This verse in 2 Kings 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab,.... His mother's brother, and so his uncle: to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; which he went to recover out of the hands of the king of Syria, as his father Ahab had attempted in his time; in which he was assisted by Jehoshaphat, as now Joram was by a grandson of his: and the Syrians wounded Joram; as they did his father Ahab at the same place, though his wound was not mortal, as his father's was.
This site's exposition
the war against Hazael king
on 2 Kings 8:28-29
Ahaziah joins Joram of Israel in the same war against the Hazael whose crown Elisha wept over, and the Syrians wound Joram at Ramah. Joram withdraws to Jezreel to recover, and Ahaziah goes down from Jerusalem to see him there because he is sick, an ordinary family visit between two kings bound by marriage. Jezreel is Jezebel's own city and Naboth's field, and the next chapter opens on that same ground.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Canaan, that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness, for the iniquity of those that dwelt therein. The famine in Samaria was soon relieved by the raising of that siege, but neither that judgment nor that mercy had a due influence upon them, and therefore the Lord called for another famine; for when he judgeth he will overcome.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The Syrians wounded Joram - Ahaziah went with Joram to endeavor to wrest Ramoth-gilead out of the hands of the Syrians, which belonged to Israel and Judah. Ahab had endeavored to do this before, and was slain there; see 1Ki 22:3 (note), etc., and the notes there.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
This war of the two kings against Hazael seems to have had for its object the recovery of Ramoth-gilead, which Ahab and Jehoshaphat had vainly attempted fourteen years earlier 1 Kings 22:3-36. Joram probably thought that the accession of a new and usurping monarch presented a favorable opportunity for a renewal of the war. It may also have happened that Hazael was engaged at the time upon his northern frontier with repelling one of those Assyrian attacks which seem by the inscriptions to have fallen upon him in quick succession during his earlier years. At any rate, the war appears to have been successful. Ramoth-gilead was recovered 2Ki 9:14, and remained probably thenceforth in the hands of the Israelites. The Syrians wounded Joram - According to Josephus, Joram was struck by an arrow in the course of the siege, but remained until the place was taken. He then withdrew to Jezreel 1Ki 18:45; 1Ki 21:1, leaving his army under Jehu within the walls of the town.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יוֹרָ֣ם | yoram | Joram | H3141 → | 20 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחְאָ֗ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה | lamilchamah | for <the> battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חֲזָהאֵ֥ל | chazahel | Hazael | H2371 → | 23 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֖ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| בְּרָמֹ֣ת | beramot | at Ramoth | H7418 → | 22 times |
| גִּלְעָ֑ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וַיַּכּ֥וּ | vaiyaku | and they wounded | H5221 → | 499 times |
| אֲרַמִּ֖ים | ʾaramim | [the] Arameans | H761 → | 11 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹרָֽם׃ | yoram | Joram | H3141 → | 20 times |
וַיֵּ֜לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
יוֹרָ֣םJoram
yoramH3141 →20 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַחְאָ֗בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֛הfor <the> battle
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
חֲזָהאֵ֥לHazael
chazahelH2371 →23 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֖םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
בְּרָמֹ֣תat Ramoth
beramotH7418 →22 times
גִּלְעָ֑דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
וַיַּכּ֥וּand they wounded
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
אֲרַמִּ֖ים[the] Arameans
ʾaramimH761 →11 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹרָֽם׃Joram
yoramH3141 →20 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 3:7And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:3
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 22:4
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:10–12
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3
Through
1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
it leads to
- 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.
- 2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
- 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,…
- 2 Kings 10:32
In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
- Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
- 2 Kings 13:3
About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomAhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antagonist, conde…
- PersonDivided kingdomHazaelThe Aramean officer over whose face Elisha wept, foreseeing the cruelty of his coming reign; king of Aram and scourge of Israel.
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); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.