The writer regards the captivity of Israel as God’s “casting them out of His sight” (see 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:20); and notes that this extreme punishment, though deserved, was by God’s mercy not allowed to fall on them as yet.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 13:23
2 Kings 13:23
23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presencef as yet.