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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 King 13:1 - 13:1
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2Ki 13:1-7. Jehoahaz’s wicked reign over Israel.
Jehoahaz ... reigned seventeen years - Under his government, which pursued the policy of his predecessors regarding the support of the calf-worship, Israel’s apostasy from the true God became greater and more confirmed than in the time of his father Jehu. The national chastisement, when it came, was consequently the more severe and the instruments employed by the Lord in scourging the revolted nation were Hazael and his son and general Ben-hadad, in resisting whose successive invasions the Israelitish army was sadly reduced and weakened. In the extremity of his distress, Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and was heard, not on his own account (Psa 66:18; Pro 1:28; Pro 15:8), but that of the ancient covenant with the patriarchs (2Ki 13:23).