John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:22
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. That he reigned alone, at least, before he took his son Joash to reign with him. read more
2 Kings 13:22-14:22 Niv
John Gill
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25
REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ , SON OF JEHU , AND JOASH , SON OF JEHOAHAZ , OVER ISRAEL . NOTICES OF ELISHA . WAR OF ISRAEL WITH SYRIA . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:10-25
THE REIGN OF JOASH . The writer passes from the reign of Jehoahaz, Jehu's son, to that of Joash, Jehu's grandson, which he seems to have intended at first to dispatch in the short space of four verses ( 2 Kings 13:10-13 ). He afterwards, however, saw reason to add to his narrative, first, an account of an interview between Joash and Elisha, shortly Before the death of the latter ( 2 Kings 13:14-19 ); secondly, an account of a miracle wrought soon afterwards by means of Elisha's... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:22
But Hazael King of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz ; rather, now Hazael King of Syria had oppressed Israel , etc. The author, having parenthetically related the extraordinary miracle wrought by the instrumentality of Elisha's corpse, returns to the subject of the Syrian oppression. He had, in 2 Kings 13:14-19 , dwelt upon the promises of victory given by the prophet to Joash. He is now bent on relating their fulfillment. But before doing so he recapitulates. 2 Kings... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:22-25
Joash's victories. We have in the closing verses a record of the fulfillment of the promise given through Elisha. Notice— I. THE GROUND OF THESE VICTORIES . While God had respect to the prayer of Jehoahaz, there was a deeper ground for his interposition to save Israel. He was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, we are told, because of his covenant with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. More specifically, we have as grounds: 1. Love to the... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25
13:1-17:41 HISTORY TO THE FALL OF ISRAELAfter the anti-Baal revolution (13:1-14:22)Jehu’s son Jehoahaz followed the sins of earlier Israelite kings, and so did his people. The Syrian attacks foreseen by Elisha were so severe that, had God not mercifully intervened, the whole population would have been left homeless and the entire army destroyed (13:1-9).The next king, Jehoash, learnt from Elisha that he would win three battles against Syria. He would have won more, had he not lacked faith in... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 13:22
THE FULFILLMENT OF ELISHA'S PROMISE OF VICTORIES OVER SYRIA BY JOASH"And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. But Jehovah 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 did he cast them from his presence, as yet. And 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... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 13:10-25
5. Jehoash’s evil reign in Israel 13:10-25Again two kings with the same name ruled over the Northern and Southern Kingdoms at the same time, though they ruled contemporaneously for only about two years (798-796 B.C.). Jehoash of Israel’s dates are 798-782 B.C., and Jehoash of Judah’s are 835-796 B.C. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 13:22-25
Jehoash of Israel’s victories 13:22-25The basis of God’s continuing mercy to Israel was not her goodness but God’s in remaining faithful to the Abrahamic Covenant (2 Kings 13:23; cf. 1 Kings 8:44-50; Genesis 13:14-17). As Elisha had predicted, Jehoash defeated the Arameans three times (2 Kings 13:25; cf. 2 Kings 13:18-19), but he did not destroy them completely (cf. 2 Kings 13:19).Why did the writer place the record of the resuscitation (2 Kings 13:20-21) within the story of the Aramean army’s... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:20-25
We must here attend, I. The sepulchre of Elisha: he died in a good old age, and they buried him; and what follows shows, 1. What power there was in his life to keep off judgments; for, as soon as he was dead, the bands of the Moabites invaded the land?not great armies to face them in the field, but roving skulking bands, that murdered and plundered by surprise. God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. The king was apprehensive of danger only from the Syrians, but, behold, the Moabites... read more