2 Kings 13:3
So the Lord was angry with Israel, and he repeatedly allowed them to be defeated by Hazael, king of Aram, and his son Ben-hadad.
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Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord your God is a fire that burns everything up. He is an exclusive God.
Judges 2:14Because the Lord was angry with Israel he handed them over to invaders who plundered them. He sold them to their enemies all around—enemies they could no longer resist.
Judges 10:7So the Lord became angry with Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.
2 Kings 8:12“Why are you crying, my lord?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil things you are going to do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set their fortresses on fire, kill their young men with the sword, dash to pieces their little ones, and rip open their pregnant women.”
2 Kings 13:22Hazael, king of Aram, caused problems for Israel through all Jehoahaz's reign.
2 Kings 17:20The Lord gave up on all the descendants of Israel. He punished them and handed them over to their enemies, until he had banished them from his presence.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 13:2-10
The Reign of Jehoahaz. ( b. c. 839.) 1 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. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. 3 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad… Read the whole commentary →