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13:1 In the twenty-third <07969> <06242> year <08141> <08141> of the reign <04427> of Judah’s <03063> King <04428> Joash <03101> son <01121> of Ahaziah <0274>, Jehu’s <03058> son <01121> Jehoahaz <03059> became king over Israel <03478>. He reigned in Samaria <08111> for seventeen <06240> <07651> years <08141>. 13:2 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. He continued <0310> <01980> in the sinful <02403> ways of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> who <0834> had encouraged Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; he did not <03808> repudiate <05493> those sins. 13:3 The Lord <03068> was furious <0639> <02734> with Israel <03478> and handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> and to Hazael’s <02371> son <01121> Ben Hadad <01130> for many years <03117> <03605>. 13:4 Jehoahaz <03059> asked <02470> for the Lord’s <03068> mercy <06440> and the Lord <03068> responded favorably <08085>, for <03588> he saw <07200> that <03588> Israel <03478> was oppressed <03905> by the king <04428> of Syria <0758>. 13:5 The Lord <03068> provided <05414> a deliverer <03467> for Israel <03478> and they were freed <03318> from <08478> Syria’s <0758> power <03027>. The Israelites <03478> <01121> once <08543> more <08032> lived in <03427> security <0168>. 13:6 But <0389> they did not <03808> repudiate <05493> the sinful <02403> ways of the family <01004> of Jeroboam <03379>, who <0834> encouraged <02398> Israel <03478> to sin; they continued <01980> in those sins. There was even <01571> an Asherah pole <0842> standing <05975> in Samaria <08111>. 13:7 Jehoahaz <03059> had no <03808> army <05971> left <07604> except <0518> for <03588> fifty <02572> horsemen <06571>, ten <06235> chariots <07393>, and 10,000 <0505> <06235> foot soldiers <07273>. The king <04428> of Syria <0758> had destroyed <06> his troops and trampled <01758> on them like dust <06083>. 13:8 The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jehoahaz’s <03059> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213> and successes <01369>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Israel <03478>. 13:9 Jehoahaz <03059> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and was buried <06912> in Samaria <08111>. His son <01121> Joash <03101> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>. 13:10 In the thirty-seventh <07651> <07970> year <08141> of King <04428> Joash’s <03101> reign over <04427> Judah <03063>, Jehoahaz’s <03059> son <01121> Jehoash <03060> became king over <05921> Israel <03478>. He reigned in Samaria <08111> for sixteen <06240> <08337> years <08141>. 13:11 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>. He did not <03808> repudiate <05493> the sinful <02403> ways of Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028> who <0834> encouraged Israel <03478> to sin <02398>; he continued <01980> in those sins.

• 2Ki 13:1-9 -- Jehoahaz's Reign over Israel
• 2Ki 13:10-13 -- Jehoash's Reign over Israel

• Jehoahaz

  [ebd] Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth. (1.) The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr. 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.). (2.) The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35). He...
  [isbe] JEHOAHAZ - je-ho'-a-haz, je-ho-a'-haz (yeho'achaz, "Yah has grasped"; Ioachas; 2 Ki 13:1-9): (1) Son of Jehu, and 11th king of Israel. He is stated to have reigned 17 years. 1. Chronology of Reign: Josephus was already aware...
  [smith] (whom the Lord sustains). The son and successor of jehu, reigned 17 years, B.C. 856-840, over Israel in Samaria. His inglorious history is given in (2 Kings 13:1-9) Throughout his reign, ver. (2 Kings 13:22) he was kep...
  [nave] JEHOAHAZ 1. Son of Jehu, and king of Israel, 2 Kin. 10:35; 13:1-9. 2. Son of Jehoram, king of Judah, 2 Chr. 21:17. See: Ahaziah. 3. Called also Shallum. King of Judah, and successor of Josiah, 2 Kin. 23:30, 31; 1 Chr. 3:1...
  

• Hazael

  [ebd] whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15), after he had put the king to death (2 Kings 8:15). His interview w...
  [isbe] HAZAEL - ha-za'-el, ha'-za-el, haz'-a-el (chaza'-el and chazah'-el; Hazael; Assyrian haza'ilu): 1. In Biblical History: Comes first into Biblical history as a high officer in the service of Ben-hadad II, king of Syria (2 Ki ...
  [nave] HAZAEL, king of Syria. Anointed king by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:15. Conquests by, 2 Kin. 8:28, 29; 9:14; 10:32, 33; 12:17, 18; 13:3, 22; 2 Chr. 22:5, 6. Conspires against, murders, and succeeds to the throne of Ben-hadad, 2 Kin. ...
  

• Oppression

  [isbe] OPPRESSION - o-presh'-un: Used in the King James Version to translate a variety of Hebrew words, all of which, however, agree in the general sense of wrong done by violence to others. There are a few cases where the referenc...
  [nave] OPPRESSION God is a refuge from, Psa. 9:9. Prayers against, Psa. 17:9; 44:24; 119:121,134; Isa. 38:14. God's aid promised against, Psa. 12:5; 72:4, 14; Jer. 50:34. God will judge, Psa. 103:6; Eccl. 5:8; Isa. 10; Jer. 22:1...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• JEHOASH; JOASH

  [isbe] JEHOASH; JOASH - je-ho'-ash, the uncontracted form of (yeho'ash, yo'ash, "Yahweh has bestowed"; compare 2 Ki 11:2,21; 12:1,19; 2 Ch 24:1, etc.; Ioas): (1) The 9th king of Judah; son of Ahaziah and Zibiah, a woman of Beersheb...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Jehoash

  [ebd] Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of Solomon (2 Chr. 21:4, 17). His...
  [smith] (given by the Lord), the uncontracted form of Joash. The eighth king of Judah; son of Ahaziah. (2 Kings 11:21; 12:1,2,4,6,7,18; 14:13) [JOASH, 1] The twelfth king of Israel; son of Jehoahaz. (2 Kings 13:10,25; 14:8,9,1...
  [nave] JEHOASH 1. Called also Joash. Successor of Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 13:10-25. Defeats Amaziah, 2 Kin. 13:12; 14:8-15; 2 Chr. 25:17-24. Death of, 2 Kin. 13:13; 14:16. 2. King of Judah. See: Joash.
  

• Samaria

  [nave] SAMARIA 1. City of, built by Omri, 1 Kin. 16:24. Capital of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 16:29; 22:51; 2 Kin. 13:1, 10; 15:8. Besieged by Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 6:24-33; 7. The king of Syria is led into, by...
  

• Ben-hadad

  [ebd] the standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning "the son of Hadad." (See HADADEZER.) (1.) The king of Syria whom Asa, king of Judah, employed to invade Israel (1 Kings 15:18). (2.) Son of the preceding, also king of Syria. H...
  [nave] BEN-HADAD 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3, 24, 2...
  

• JEROBOAM

  [ebd] increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), "an Ephrathite," the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B.C. 976-945). He was the son of a widow of Zereda, and while still ...
  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [smith] (whose people are many). The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel, B.C. 975-954, was the son of an Ephraimite of the name of Nebat. He was raised by Solomon to the rank of superintendent over the taxes and labors exac...
  

• JEHU

  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  

• ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF - || I. THE FIRST PERIOD 1. The Two Kingdoms 2. The Ist Dynasty 3. The IInd Dynasty 4. Civil War II. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS 1. The IIIrd Dynasty 2. World-Politics 3. Battle of Karkar 4. Loss of Territor...
  

• CHARIOT

  [ebd] a vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes, though but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful purposes. The first mention of the chariot is when Joseph, as a mark of distinction, was placed in Pharaoh's s...
  [smith] a vehicle used either for warlike or peaceful purposes, but most commonly the former. The Jewish chariots were patterned after the Egyptian, and consisted of a single pair of wheels on an axle, upon which was a car with high ...
  

• BENHADAD

  [isbe] BENHADAD - ben-ha'-dad (ben-hadhadh; Septuagint huios Hader): The Name I. BENHADAD I 1. The Kingdom of Syria Founded 2. Syria and Judah 3. Shortsightedness of Asa II. BENHADAD II 1. Hadad-'idri of the Monuments 2. Expedition...
  

• Groves

  [nave] GROVES, probably an image or images of the Canaanite goddess Asherah. See: Ashtoreth. Forbidden to be established, Deut. 16:21; Isa. 1:29; 17:8; 27:9; Mic. 5:14. Worshiped by Israelites, Judg. 3:7; 1 Kin. 14:15, 23; 15:13; ...
  

• Joash

  [ebd] whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of King Ahab's sons (1 Kings...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• Burial

  [ebd] The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen. 23). The first commercial transaction recorded is that of the purchase of a burial-place, for which Abraham weighed to Ephron "four hundred shekels of silver curr...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

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