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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

John Gill

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

And Joash slept with his fathers ,.... Or died: and Jeroboam sat upon his throne ; who was his son; it is not said that he began to sit on it, or to reign, nor to reign in his father's stead; hence it is concluded, as by Kimchi and others, that his father set him on his throne in his lifetime; and the Jewish chronology F12 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 19. expressly asserts that he reigned with him one year: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ; see 2 Kings 13:9 ,... 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 13:8-19

Joash and Elisha. Jehoahaz reigned for seventeen years, and was succeeded by his son Jehoash, or Joash. In this reign, after a long interval, Elisha again appears. I. ACCESSION OF JOASH . The change of rulers was in some respects a gain for Israel. Joash was a man of better disposition than his father, and under his reign the kingdom, which has been so sorely broken down, was again partially built up. But he still adhered to the cardinal sin of the nation—the calf-worship-so that... 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 13:13

And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne. That Joash should call his eldest son Jeroboam, after the founder of the kingdom, indicated a thorough approval of that founder's policy and conduct, and perhaps a hope that he would be to the apparently decaying kingdom a sort of second founder. The name means, "he whose people is many," and was thus anticipative of that great enlargement of the Israelite kingdom, which took place under him (see 2 Kings 14:25-28 ). And... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 13:12-13

According to ordinary laws of historical composition, these verses should form the closing paragraph of the present chapter. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 13:13

2 Kings 13:13. And Joash slept with his fathers The sacred writer does not here conclude the history of Joash, for he afterward relates great things done by him. But having to speak of the sickness and death of Elisha, upon which those things depended, he introduces that before he proceeds further to relate his acts. read more

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