2 Kings 12:17

Then Hazael, king of Aram, went up against Gath and took it; and his purpose was to go up to Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

In Context

16The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.

18Then Jehoash, king of Judah, took all the holy things which Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had given to the Lord, together with the things he himself had given, and all the gold in the Temple store and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael, king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:9And every meal offering which is cooked in the oven and everything made in a cooking pot or on a flat plate, is for the priest by whom it is offered.

1 Samuel 27:2So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Kings 19:17And it will come about that the man who gets away safe from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever gets away safe from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

1 Chronicles 8:13And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;

2 Chronicles 24:23Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.

Luke 9:51And it came about that when the days were near for him to be taken up, his face was turned to go to Jerusalem,

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:5-17

The Repairing of the Temple. ( b. c. 853.) 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord , even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord , 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in… Read the whole commentary →

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