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2 Kings 12:17-18

Let the Reader recollect how the Lord had been gradually preparing the minds of his people for the desolation of Jerusalem, which had been long threatened. Hence Israel's kings are dispirited. Guilt breeds fear. While Israel loved the Lord, and feared the Lord, no enemy could dare insult the Lord's people. But now enemies arise from every quarter. How strikingly was that scripture fulfilled; Deuteronomy 28:15, etc.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 12:17. _HAZAEL - FOUGHT AGAINST GATH, AND TOOK IT_] This city, with its satrapy or _lordship_, had been taken from the Philistines by David, (see 2 Samuel 8:1, and 1 Chronicles 18:1); a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. JEHOASH, THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, AND THE DEATH OF JEHOASH CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jehoash's (Joash) Reign (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:2)_ 2. The Failure of the Priests (2 Kings 12:4;...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 12. REIGN OF JOASH AND HIS REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. 2 Kings 12:1 is in the usual annalistic style of the Deuteronomist. It is followed by a curious extract from the Temple records (2 Kings 12:4 f...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. THE REIGN OF JOASH IN JUDAH 11:21-12:21 Like so many of the Hebrew monarchs, Joash got off to a great start. As long as his protector and adviser Jehoiada was living, the young king pursued the rig...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THEN HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA WENT UP, AND FOUGHT AGAINST GATH, AND TOOK IT: AND HAZAEL SET HIS FACE TO GO UP TO JERUSALEM._ Then Hassel ... fought against Gath - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 24:23)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GATH] one of the five Philistine cities; to reach it Hazael must have marched through the kingdom of Israel, and his, invasion is probably to be connected with the attacks upon Jehu and Jehoahaz (2 Ki...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE 2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil courses after the death of Jehoiada....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 12 JOASH REPAIRS THE *LORD’S *TEMPLE V1 Joash became the king in the 7th year of Jehu’s rule. (Jehu was the king of *...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (17-21) Conclusion of the epitome of the reign, broken off at 2 Kings 12:4....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[2 Kings 12:18]_ אָ֣ז יַעֲלֶ֗ה חֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ATHALLAH (B.C. 842-836) JOASH BEN AHAZIAH OF JUDAH (B.C. 836-796) 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 12:1 " _ Par cette fin terrible, et due a ses forfaits,_ Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais, Q...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. Ver. 17. _Then Hazael king of Syria went up._] "Then," when Jehoiada was dead,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then Hazael went up_ That is, in this king's days, when, Jehoiada being dead, Jehoash revolted from God; of which see 2 Chronicles 24:17. _And fought against Gath_ Once a city of the Philistines, but...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iehoash reigneth well all the dayes of Iehoiada. 4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the Temple. 17 Hazael is diuerted from Ierusalem by a present of the halowed treasures. 19 Iehoash being sla...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WAR WITH HAZAEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then Hazael, king of Syria, the same king who had harassed Israel for so many years, WENT UP AND FOUGHT AGAINST GATH, the Philistine city which at that time was in the hands of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JEHOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE (vv.1-16) Jehu bad reigned seven years in Israel before Jehoash took the throne of Judah, so that the two were contemporary for 21 years (ch.10:26). Until the time that Je...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-21 Let us review the character of Jehoash, and consider what we may learn from it. When we see what a sad conclusion there was to so promising a beginning, it ought to make us seek into our spirit...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 12:17 Hazael H2371 king H4428 Syria H758 up H5927 (H8799) fought H3898 (H8735) Gath H16

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JEHOASH (JOASH) KING OF JUDAH C. 835-796 BC (2 KINGS 12:1). As usual the prophetic author has been extremely selective in what material he has used. His concern was with response or other...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Reign of Joash over Judah and his death. Repair of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Joash, Jehoida, Hazael. CONCLUSION: Those who are entrusted with public money for the carrying on of God's w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Kings 12:3. _The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places,_ where the holy patriarchs and prophets had worshipped the Lord. The people venerated those places, but the law it woul...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 12:17 Judah, like Israel (2 Kings 10:32), is oppressed by HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA. In fact, Joash had to empty the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:17. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA, FOUGHT AGAINST GATH—Gath, formerly a town of the Philistines According to Chronicles, the expedition against _Jerusalem_ occurred...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Chronicles 8:13; 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Kings 2:40;...

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