2 Kings 13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13

This chapter brings us again to the history of the kings of Israel, and particularly of the family of Jehu. We have here an account of the reign, I. Of his son Jehoahaz, which continued seventeen years. 1. His bad character in general (2 Kgs. 13:1, 2), the trouble he was brought into (2 Kgs. 13:3), and the low ebb of his affairs, 2 Kgs. 13:7. 2. His humiliation before God, and God's compassion towards him, 2 Kgs. 13:4, 5, 23. 3. His continuance in his idolatry notwithstanding, 2 Kgs. 13:6. 4.... read more

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 13:10-19

We have here Jehoash, or Joash, the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu, upon the throne of Israel. Probably the house of Jehu intended some respect to the house of David when they gave this heir-apparent to the crown the same name with him that was then king of Judah. I. The general account here given of him and his reign is much the same with what we have already met with, and has little in it remarkable, 2 Kgs. 13:10-13. He was none of the worst, and yet, because he kept up that ancient... read more

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 13 This chapter gives an account of the wicked reign of Jehoahaz son of Jehu king of Israel, and of the low estate he was brought into by the Syrians, 2 Kings 13:1 , and of the reign of his son Joash, 2 Kings 13:10 , and of the sickness and death of Elisha; of the visit Joash made him in his sickness; and of his prediction of the king's success against the Syrians; and of the reviving of a dead man cast into the prophet's sepulchre, 2 Kings 13:14 and of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:1

In the twenty and third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah ,.... The same year he was so zealous and busy in repairing the temple, 2 Kings 12:6 , Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria ; whereas Joash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and Jehu reigned but twenty eight years, 2 Kings 10:36 , and 2 Kings 12:1 , this could be but the twenty first of Joash; to reconcile which it must be observed, that it was at the beginning of the seventh... read more

John Gill

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

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ,.... Committed idolatry: and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; worshipping the golden calves: he departed not therefrom ; from the worship of them. 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:4

And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him ,.... He did not apply in his distress to the calves he worshipped, but to the Lord; who had a regard to his prayer, not for his sake, or any righteousness of his, or even his repentance and humiliation, which were only external; but for the sake of Israel, and because they were oppressed, who were his people, and he their God, though they had sadly departed from him: for he saw the oppression of Israel ; not only with his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 13:5

And the Lord gave Israel a saviour ,.... Not an angel sent by him, nor a captain raised up among them, nor the prophet Elisha, who predicted their deliverance, nor Jehoahaz himself, but his son Joash, 2 Kings 13:25 . so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians ; were not in subjection to them, nor harassed by them, nor in fear of them: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as before time ; in peace and safety. read more

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