Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 King 13:1 - 13:9

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 King 13:1 - 13:9


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Jehoahaz King of Israel

v. 1. 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. The reign of Joash occupied twenty-one full years, the extra months being reckoned, according to Jewish chronology, as full years. And reigned seventeen years, or sixteen years and a few months according to the modern exact way of reckoning.

v. 2. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord,
and followed, walked in the way of, the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not there from

v. 3. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel,
for the continuation of the calf-worship, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael, king of Syria, whose devastating campaigns Elisha had foreseen, 2Ki_8:12, and into the hand of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, all their days, that is, those of Jehoahaz.

v. 4. And Jehoahaz besought the Lord,
as even unbelievers will in great dangers, and the Lord hearkened unto him; for He saw the oppression of Israel; His sympathy was with the people rather than with the king, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

v. 5. (And the Lord,
not immediately, but after some years, gave Israel a savior, in the person of Joash, but especially in Jeroboam II, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians. And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, safely in their homes, as beforetime.

v. 6. Nevertheless,
or although, 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; the worship of Asherah, the female idol Astarte, to whom wooden images were erected, did not cease entirely. The Lord showed much patience for the sake of gaining and keeping the people in His worship. )

v. 7. Neither did he,
the king of Syria,

v. 4. leave of the people to Jehoahaz,
of his army, 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, as the dust which is trodden under foot, an expression which signifies utter defeat and destruction. Such was the situation when Jehovah decided upon His merciful and unmerited course.

v. 8. Now, the rest of the acts of 3ehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might,
his military exploits, are they not written In the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

v. 9. And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Joash, his son, reigned in his stead.
The Lord is full of long-suffering and mercy, for He does not desire the death of sinners, but that they should repent and live.