In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
and he delivered
Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before …
Deuteronomy 4:24-27 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God…
Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall …
Judges 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered …
Judges 3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold …
Judges 10:7-14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them …
Isaiah 10:5,6 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my …
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Hazael
2 Kings 13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 8:12,13 And Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? And he answered, Because I know …
2 Kings 12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took …
1 Kings 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael …
Ben-hadad
2 Kings 13:24,25 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead…
all their days Rather `all his days;' for Joash son of Jehoahaz delivered Israel from Ben-hadad
2 Kings 13:22-25 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz…
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
Jehoahaz
Numbers 21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for …
Judges 6:6,7 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and …
Judges 10:10 And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, We have sinned …
Psalm 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired …
Isaiah 26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer …
Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought …
the Lord
2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: …
Genesis 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to …
Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people …
Judges 10:15,16 And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have sinned: do you …
2 Chronicles 33:12,13,19 And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled …
Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you …
Psalm 106:43,44 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their …
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty …
he saw
Genesis 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of …
Exodus 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me…
Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence …
because the king
2 Kings 13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: …
(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.
a saviour This saviour was undoubtedly Joash, whose successful wars are subsequently detailed. Houbigant recommends to read the {seventh} verse after the {fourth}.
2 Kings 13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad …
2 Kings 14:25,27 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the …
Nehemiah 9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who …
Isaiah 19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts …
Obadiah 1:21 And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; …
Luke 2:11 For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which …
before-time [heb] yesterday and the third day
Exodus 4:10 And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither …
Deuteronomy 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that …
1 Samuel 19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. …
1 Chronicles 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that …
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
departed
2 Kings 13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed …
2 Kings 10:29 However, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel …
2 Kings 17:20-23 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, …
Deuteronomy 32:15-18 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown …
walked [heb] he walked
1 Kings 15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before …
1 Kings 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in …
and there remained [heb] and there stood
2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made …
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the …
2 Kings 23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of …
Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, …
1 Kings 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God …
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
fifty horsemen
1 Samuel 13:6,7,15,19-23 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people …
1 Kings 20:15,27 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and …
Isaiah 36:8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of …
the king
2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? And he answered, Because I know …
2 Kings 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote …
like the dust
Psalm 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast …
Isaiah 41:2,15,16 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his …
Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of …
Amos 1:3 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for …
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
the rest
2 Kings 10:34,35 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might…
1 Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned …
1 Kings 14:19,20,29,31 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, …
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
In the thirty Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, was associated with his father in the government two years before his death. It is this association that is spoken of here. Joash reigned con-jointly with his father.
began Jehoash. `In consort with his father ch.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
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?
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
A.M.
2 Kings 20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah …
Genesis 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, …
John 11:3 Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom …
Philippians 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that …
he died
Psalm 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from …
Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful …
Zechariah 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Acts 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of …
O my father
2 Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot …
2 Kings 6:21 And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, …
Proverbs 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown …
Ezekiel 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should …
Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, …
Mark 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, …
And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
Open
2 Kings 5:10-14 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan …
John 2:5-8 His mother said to the servants, Whatever he said to you, do it…
John 11:39-41 Jesus said, Take you away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that …
The arrow This was a symbolical action, indicative of the deliverance of Israel from Syria. It was an ancient custom to shoot an arrow or cast a spear into a country before the commencement of hostilities.
Exodus 4:2,17 And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod…
Judges 7:9-20 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, …
2 Samuel 5:24 And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the tops of …
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; …
Aphek
1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against …
1 Kings 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered …
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
Smite
Isaiah 20:2-4 At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, …
Ezekiel 4:1-10 You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you, and …
Ezekiel 5:1-4 And you, son of man, take you a sharp knife, take you a barber's …
Ezekiel 12:1-7 The word of the LORD also came to me, saying…
he smote thrice
2 Kings 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to …
Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: …
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
the man of God
2 Kings 1:9-15 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And …
2 Kings 4:16,40 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you …
2 Kings 6:9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that …
was wroth
Leviticus 10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, …
Numbers 16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said to the LORD, Respect not you their …
Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved …
Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said to them, …
now thou shalt
2 Kings 13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad …
Mark 6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands …
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
A.M.
2 Chronicles 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because …
Acts 8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation …
the bands
2 Kings 5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive …
2 Kings 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten …
2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of …
the Moabites
2 Kings 3:5,24-27 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled …
Judges 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: …
Judges 6:3-6 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, …
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
was let down [heb] went down
touched
2 Kings 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, …
Isaiah 26:19 Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. …
Ezekiel 37:1-10 The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD…
Matthew 27:52,53 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose…
John 5:25,28,29 Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when …
John 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: …
Acts 5:15 So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them …
Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, …
Revelation 11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered …
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
And 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, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
the Lord
2 Kings 14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from …
Exodus 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will …
Exodus 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The …
Judges 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the …
Nehemiah 9:31 Nevertheless for your great mercies' sake you did not utterly consume …
Psalm 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long …
Isaiah 30:18,19 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, …
Jeremiah 12:15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will …
Lamentations 3:32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according …
Micah 7:18,19 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the …
had respect
Exodus 2:24,25 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with …
1 Kings 8:28 Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, …
because of his covenant
Genesis 13:16,17 And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a …
Genesis 17:2-5,7,8 And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply …
Exodus 3:6,7 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, …
Exodus 32:13,14 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore …
Leviticus 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant …
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, …
Nehemiah 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, …
Psalm 105:8 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded …
Micah 7:20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which …
Luke 1:54,55,72,73 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy…
neither cast he
2 Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out …
2 Kings 24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and …
Psalm 51:11 Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me.
Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, …
2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence …
presence [heb] face
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for …
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
