2 Kings 10 · Verse 32

2 Kings 10:32

In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
2 Kings 10:32, King James Version

2 Kings 10:32 in other translations

BSBIn those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
WEBIn those days the LORD began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel
ASVIn those days Jehovah began to cut off from Israel: and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;
YLTIn those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off some in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel,
DARBYIn those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short; and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;
BBEIn those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,
WebsterIn those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel;

What does 2 Kings 10:32 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 The Lord began to cut Israel short - The marginal reading is best: The Lord cut off the ends; and this he did by permitting Hazael to seize on the coasts, to conquer and occupy the frontier towns. This was the commencement of those miserable ravages which Elisha predicted; see 2Kgs 8:12. And we find from the next verse that he seized on all the land of Gilead, and that of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh; in a word, whatever Israel possessed on the east side of Jordan.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 10:29-36

It is justly questionable whether Jehu acted from a good principle, and whether he did not take some false steps in doing it; yet no services done for God shall go unrewarded. But true conversion is not only from gross sin, but from all sin; not only from false gods, but from false worships. True conversion is not only from wasteful sins, but from gainful sins; not only from sins which hurt our worldly interests…

Read the full comment on 2 Kings 10:29-36 →

2 Kings 10:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117
הָהֵ֔םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992
הֵחֵ֣לhe.Chelhe beganH2490
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְקַצּ֖וֹתle.ka.Tzotto cut offH7096
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478
וַיַּכֵּ֥םvai.ya.Kemand he struck down themH5221
חֲזָאֵ֖לcha.za.'ElHazaelH2371
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
גְּב֥וּלge.Vul[the] territory ofH1366
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 10:32

  • 2 Kings 8:12

    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

  • 1 Kings 19:17

    And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

  • 2 Kings 13:25

    And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 13:22

    But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

  • 2 Kings 14:25

    He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cut. Heb. cut off the ends of. Hazael.
8:12; 13:22; 1Ki 19:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 10:31

    But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

  • 2 Kings 10:32

    In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

  • 2 Kings 10:33

    From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

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2 Kings 10:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En aquellos días comenzó Jehová á talar en Israel: é hiriólos Hazael en todos los términos de Israel,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
En ces jours-là, l’ Éternel commença à entamer Israël; et Hazaël les frappa dans toutes les frontières d’Israël,
German
Elberfelder 1871
In jenen Tagen begann Jehova abzuhauen unter Israel; und Hasael schlug sie im ganzen Gebiet Israels,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In diebus illis cœpit Dominus tædere super Israël: percussitque eos Hazaël in universis finibus Israël,