2 Kings 13:23
and YHWH favors them, and pities them, and turns to them for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and has not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.
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22And Hazael king of Aram has oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz,
24And Hazael king of Aram dies, and his son Ben-Hadad reigns in his stead,
Cross References
Genesis 6:3And YHWH says, “My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one hundred and twenty years.”
Genesis 17:2and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”
Exodus 2:24and God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
Exodus 32:13Be mindful of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, Your servants, to whom You have sworn by Yourself, and to whom You speak: I multiply your seed as stars of the heavens, and all this land, as I have said, I give to your seed, and they have inherited [it] for all time”;
Exodus 34:6and YHWH passes over before his face, and calls: “YHWH, YHWH God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Deuteronomy 32:36For YHWH judges His people, || And gives comfort over His servants. For He sees the going away of power, || And none is restrained and left.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 13:21-25
The Death of Elisha. ( b. c. 837.) 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had… Read the whole commentary →