2 Kings 13:10-25 - Exposition

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 corpse ( 2 Kings 13:20 , 2 Kings 13:21 ); and thirdly, a brief notice of Joash's Syrian war ( 2 Kings 13:22-25 ).