“ So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. ”
So Hazael ... died - literally, “And Hazael died,” a fact not mentioned before.
The Death of Hazael the redoubtable Usurper of the Syrian Throne. His son Ben-hadad was less successful, and was thrice defeated by Jehoash, in accordance with the prophecy of the dying Elisha.
Ben-hadad. Probably the third of that name. Compare 1 Kings 15:18 .
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
Reigns of Jehoahaz and Joash of Israel. The last Prediction of Elisha 3. All their days] RV 'continually,' i.e. throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. 5 A saviour ] either Jehoash ( 2 Kings 13:25...
Ben-hadad — III., not mentioned in the As Syrian inscriptions. His reign synchronises with that of Samas-Rimmon in Assyria, who made no expeditions to the West (B.C. 825-812). The name Ben-hadad do...
“The Arrow of the Lord's Deliverance” 2 Kings 13:10-25 A good man is a great defense to his country. Mary, Queen of Scots, dreaded the prayers of Knox more than the armies of the king of France...
Under Jehoahaz the story of corruption ran on in Israel. It was the story of continuation of evil as moral, and its consequent continuation as punishment. Readiness of God to forgive is revealed in t...
The chapter closes with a double aspect, Israel's unworthiness, and the Lord's grace and favor. Oh! dearest Jesus! how doth thy great, thy glorious salvation shine more conspicuously blessed, when be...
So Hazael the king of Syria died, and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. This was Benhadad the third; the first of this name was of the Damascene kings; but though the kingdom was now in anothe...
So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 24. So Hazael king of Syria died. ] And Israel had thereupon not halcyon days only, but three signal victories.
JEHOAHAZ REIGNS IN ISRAEL (vv.10-13) Jehoash reigned in Judah 40 years (ch.12:1), and in his 23 rd year Jehoahaz took the throne of Israel (v.1). He reigned 17 years, so it would appear both the...
The Death of Elisha. B. C. 837. 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The Reigns of Jeroboam King of Israel and Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah ( 2 Kings 14:23 to 2 Kings 15:7 ). The next fourteen verses very much bring out the method and aims of the prophetic auth...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 13:25 . Three times did Joash beat him — i.e. , Benhadad, the son of Hazael; according to the number of arrows he shot ( 2 Kings 13:19 ).—W. H. J. HOMI...
2 Kings 13:1-2 . In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. And he did th...
2 Kings 13:4 . Jehoahaz besought the Lord, as oppressed Israel had done in the time of the Judges. 2 Kings 13:5 . The Lord gave Israel a Saviour. Not Joash, as some say, but Messiah, the Angel...
EXPOSITION 2 Kings 13:1-12 REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ , SON OF JEHU , AND JOASH , SON OF JEHOAHAZ , OVER ISRAEL . NOTICES OF ELISHA . WAR OF ISRAEL WITH SYRIA ....
Jehoash King of Israel
Luke 18:7 ; Psalms 125:3