2 Kings 13:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-9

This general account of the reign of Jehoahaz, and of the state of Israel during his seventeen years, though short, is long enough to let us see two things which are very affecting and instructive:? I. The glory of Israel raked up in the ashes, buried and lost, and turned into shame. How unlike does Israel appear here to what it had been and might have been! How is its crown profaned and its honour laid in the dust! 1. It was the honour of Israel that they worshipped the only living and true... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:3

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel ,.... They doing as their kings did: and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days ; the word "their" should not be supplied, since it was not true that Israel was delivered into the hands of both those kings of Syria as long as they lived; for they were delivered out of the hands of Benhadad, 2 Kings 13:25 , but the word "his" should be inserted for it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-7

God's severity and God's goodness alike shown in the history of Israel under Jehoahaz. I. GOD 'S SEVERITY . Two sins only are noted as existing among the people at this time—the calf-worship, and the maintenance of the "grove" or asherah ( 2 Kings 13:6 ). One of these, the worship of the calves, was ancestral. It had been an established usage for a hundred and twenty years, and had been upheld by every king from the date of its institution. Even the prophets, with one exception ( 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-7

Israel's humiliation under Jehoahaz. The story of the reign of Jehoahaz, Jehu's son, is a story of unmitigated misfortune. We note— I. JEHOAHAZ 'S EVIL REIGN . 1. The downward movement in Israel . With the extinction of Ahab's house, the rooting out of Baal, and the establishment of Jehu's dynasty, Israel obtained a new chance of doing well. But Jehu's reforming zeal soon died out, and he fell back into godless ways. His son followed the worse, and not the better,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-9

THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ . The writer returns in this chapter to the history of the Israelite kingdom, taking it up from the death of Jehu, which was recorded in the closing verses of 2 Kings 10:1-36 . He sketches briefly the reign of Jehu's son and successor, Jehoahaz, in the present section, after which he passes to that of John's grandson, Jehoash or Joash. The Syrian oppression was the great event of Jehoahaz's reign. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-13

The reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash, kings of Israel. Observe here I. THE PERPETUITY OF EVIL . How sad it is to read of one king after another, "He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord"! And then the statement is usually made, "He departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin." A bad man does harm to others besides himself. "None of us liveth to himself." Not merely while we live, but after we are gone, our lives and words and deeds will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-21

The death of Elisha. "In the three and twentieth," etc. The Book of Kings is, to a large extent, a record of crime, and of crime of the most heinous and aggravated character. The terrible monstrosities recorded are, for the most part, ascribable, directly or indirectly, to kings. In this very chapter we have a sketch of two of those monarchs who have been among the greatest curses of their race. Jehoahaz, son and successor of Jehu King of Israel, whose reign was disastrous to the kingdom to... read more

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 13:3

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. We know so much less of the nature of the calf-worship and of the rites which accompanied it, that we cannot to the same extent justify the Divine severity in connection with it as in connection with the Baal and Astarte cult. Still, we must remember the coarse, lewd dancing which accompanied the first calf-worship ( Exodus 32:19 ), for which death was not thought too heavy a penalty ( Exodus 32:27 ), and the almost universal... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 13:3

All their days - literally, “all the days.” Not “all the days” of the two Syrian kings, for Ben-hadad lost to Joash all the cities which he had gained from Jehoahaz 2 Kings 13:25; but either “all the days of Jehoahaz” 2 Kings 13:22, or “all the days of Hazael” - both while he led his own armies, and while they were led by his son. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 13:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 13:3

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