John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Kings 13:24
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 24. So Hazael king of Syria died.] And Israel had thereupon not halcyon days only, but three signal victories.
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 24. So Hazael king of Syria died.] And Israel had thereupon not halcyon days only, but three signal victories.
SO HAZAEL ... DIED - literally, “And Hazael died,” a fact not mentioned before....
5. JEHOAHAZ AND JEHOASH OF ISRAEL, ELISHA'S DEATH CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The reign of Jehoahaz and his death (2 Kings 13:1)_ 2. Jehoash King of Israel (2 Kings 13:10) 3. Elisha and Joash (2 Kings 13:14
THE DEATH OF HAZAEL THE REDOUBTABLE USURPER OF THE SYRIAN THRONE. His son Ben-hadad was less successful, and was thrice defeated by Jehoash, in accordance with the prophecy of the dying Elisha....
BEN-HADAD. Probably the third of that name. Compare 1 Kings 15:18....
_Ben-hadad his son_ Hazael has given to his son the name which had previously been common in the Syrian royal family. This is the third Ben-hadad on the throne of Damascus. (Cf. Schrader, p. 109.) Not...
B. THE FINAL PREDICTION OF ELISHA 13:14-25 The prophetic ministry of Elisha which had spanned over half a century, came to a close in the early years of Jehoash of Israel. His death-bed prophecy conce...
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE KINGDOMS AT HIGH TIDE 2 Kings 13:10 to 2 Kings 15:7 Help came to Israel in the midst of the Aramean oppression from an unexpected quarter. In 802 B.C. the Assyrian king Adadni...
REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ AND JOASH OF ISRAEL. THE LAST PREDICTION OF ELISHA 3. All _their_ DAYS] RV 'continually,' i.e. throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. 5 A SAVIOUR] either Jehoash (2 Kings 13:25) or Jero...
BEN-HADAD] Probably the third of the name mentioned in the Bible: see 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 20:1....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 13 JEHOAHAZ’S RULE AS KING OF *ISRAEL V1 Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became the king of *Israel. That happened in the...
BEN-HADAD — III., not mentioned in the As Syrian inscriptions. His reign synchronises with that of Samas-Rimmon in Assyria, who made no expeditions to the West (B.C. 825-812). The name Ben-hadad does...
וַ יָּ֖מָת חֲזָאֵ֣ל מֶֽלֶךְ ־אֲרָ֑ם וַ יִּמְל
“THE ARROW OF THE LORD'S DELIVERANCE” 2 Kings 13:10 A good man is a great defense to his country. Mary, Queen of Scots, dreaded the prayers of Knox more than the armies of the king of France. Perhap...
Under Jehoahaz the story of corruption ran on in Israel. It was the story of continuation of evil as moral, and its consequent continuation as punishment. Readiness of God to forgive is revealed in th...
The chapter closes with a double aspect, Israel's unworthiness, and the Lord's grace and favor. Oh! dearest Jesus! how doth thy great, thy glorious salvation shine more conspicuously blessed, when beh...
But not merely this. "Elisha died and they buried him" (2 Kings 13:20). Was not Elisha gone then? Not so. There was to be even a more glorious witness in his death than in his life. In his life, no do...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 17. Walking in the steps of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the house of Jehu was no protection to Israel against Hazael. But the compassion of Jehovah...
SO HAZAEL THE KING OF SYRIA DIED, AND BENHADAD HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD. This was Benhadad the third; the first of this name was of the Damascene kings; but though the kingdom was now in another f...
1 Iehoahaz his wicked reigne. 3 Iehoahaz oppressed by Hazael, is relieued by prayer. 8 Ioash succeedeth him. 10 His wicked reigne. 12 Ieroboam succeedeth him. 14 Elisha dying prophecieth to Ioash...
So Hazael, king of Syria, died; and Benhadad, his son, reigned in his stead....
JEHOASH KING OF ISRAEL...
JEHOAHAZ REIGNS IN ISRAEL (vv.10-13) Jehoash reigned in Judah 40 years (ch.12:1), and in his 23 rd year Jehoahaz took the throne of Israel (v.1). He reigned 17 years, so it would appear both these...
20-25 God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. Trouble comes sometimes from that point whence we least feared it. The mention of this invasion on the death of Elisha, shows that the removal...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 13:24 Hazael H2371 king H4428 Syria H758 died H4191 (H8799) Ben-Hadad H1130 son H1121 reigned H4427 ...
JOASH SMITES ARAM THREE TIMES AS A RESULT OF YHWH GIVING ISRAEL NEW STRENGTH, RAISING THEM AS IT WERE, FROM THE DEAD (2 KINGS 13:20). The parlous state of Israel at this time is demonstrated by the fa...
THE REIGNS OF JEROBOAM KING OF ISRAEL AND AZARIAH (UZZIAH) KING OF JUDAH (2 KINGS 14:23 TO 2 KINGS 15:7). The next fourteen verses very much bring out the method and aims of the prophetic author of th...
2 Kings 13:1. _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 in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did that wh...
CONTENTS: Reign of Jehoahaz over Israel and his death. Accession of Jehoash and his death. Elisha's death and the miracle at his tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Jehoahaz, Jehoash, Hazael. CONCLUSION:...
2 Kings 13:4. _Jehoahaz besought the Lord,_ as oppressed Israel had done in the time of the Judges. 2 Kings 13:5. _The Lord gave Israel a Saviour._ Not Joash, as some say, but Messiah, the Angel of hi...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 13:1 Jehoahaz and Jehoash. The story goes back to the northern kingdom, Israel, and focuses on the two northern kings who ruled during Joash of Judah’s lifetime....
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 13:23 Israel is surviving because of God’s promise to Jehu (2 Kings 10:30), and also because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 13:25. THREE TIMES DID JOASH BEAT HIM—_i.e._, Benhadad, the son of Hazael; according to the number of arrows he shot (2 Kings 13:19).—W. H. J. HOMILETICS OF 2
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 13:1 REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ, SON OF JEHU, AND JOASH, SON OF JEHOAHAZ, OVER ISRAEL. NOTICES OF
Now we're going to move north again to the reign of Jehoahaz over Israel in chapter thirteen. So up in Israel, Jehu has died and his son Jehoahaz begins to reign over Israel there in Samaria, and he r...
Luke 18:7; Psalms 125:3...