2 Kings 12:17

Then, came up Hazael, king of Syria, and fought against Gath, and captured it,—so Hazael set his face to go up against 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

16Silver for guilt-offerings and silver for sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh,—to the priests, they belonged.

18Therefore did Jehoash, king of Judah, take all the hallowed things which Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had hallowed, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the house of the king,—and sent to Hazael king of Syria, so he went up from against Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:9And as for any meal-offering that may be baked in an oven, or anything that hath been prepared in a boiler or on a girdle, to the priest that bringeth it near—to him, shall it belong,

1 Samuel 27:2And David arose, and he and the six hundred men that were with him passed over, unto Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Kings 19:17Then shall it come to pass, that—him that escapeth the sword of Hazael, shall, Jehu, slay,—and, him that escapeth the sword of Jehu, shall, Elisha, slay;

1 Chronicles 8:13And, as for Beriah and Shema, they, were ancestral chiefs to the inhabitants of Aijalon,—they, put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

2 Chronicles 24:23And it came to pass, when the year had gone round, that the force of Syria came up against him, and they entered Judah, and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the rulers of the people, from among the people,—and, all the spoil of them, sent they unto the king of Damascus.

Luke 9:51And it came to pass, when the days for taking him up were on the point of being fulfilled, even he himself, set, his face, to be journeying unto 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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