2 Kings 12:17

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

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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 from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

18So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:9Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,

1 Samuel 27:2So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

1 Chronicles 8:13and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

2 Chronicles 24:23In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.

Luke 9:51As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for 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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