2 Kings 13:2-5

13:2 He did evil in the sight of ¹  the Lord. He continued in ²  the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. ³  13:3 The Lord was furious with ⁴  Israel and handed them over to ⁵  King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael’s son Ben Hadad for many years. ⁶ 

13:4 Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy ⁷  and the Lord responded favorably, ⁸  for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. ⁹  13:5 The Lord provided a deliverer ¹⁰  for Israel and they were freed from Syria’s power. ¹¹  The Israelites once more lived in security. ¹² 

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:2]  ² tn Heb “walked after.”

[13:2]  ³ tn Heb “he did not turn aside from it.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “he gave them into the hand of.”

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the days.”

[13:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the Lord heard.”

[13:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “for he saw the oppression of Israel, for the king of Syria oppressed them.”

[13:5]  ¹⁰ sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.

[13:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”

[13:5]  ¹² tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”