2 Kings 13 · Verse 1

2 Kings 13:1

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 Kings 13:1, King James Version

2 Kings 13:1 in other translations

BSB	In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.
WEB	In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
ASV	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.
YLT	In the twenty and third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, hath Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigned over Israel, in Samaria--seventeen years,
DARBY	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, for seventeen years.
BBE	In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.
Webster	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.

What does 2 Kings 13:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 13:1-3

2Ki 13:1-7. Jehoahaz's Wicked Reign over Israel. 1-3. Jehoahaz ... reigned seventeen years--Under his government, which pursued the policy of his predecessors regarding the support of the calf-worship, Israel's apostasy from the true God became greater and more confirmed than in the time of his father Jehu. The national chastisement, when it came, was consequently the more severe and the instruments employed by the Lord in scourging the revolted nation were Hazael and his son and general Ben-hadad, in resisting whose successive invasions the Israelitish army was sadly reduced and weakened. In the extremity of his distress, Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and was heard, not on his own account (Psa 66:18; Pr 1:28; 15:8), but that of the ancient covenant with the patriarchs (2Ki 13:23).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Jehoahaz reigns in Israel seventeen years; his various acts, and wars with the Syrians, 2Kgs 13:1-8. He dies, and Joash reigns in his stead, and does evil in the sight of the Lord, 2Kgs 13:9-13. Elisha's last sickness; he foretells a three-fold defeat of the Syrians, and dies, 2Kgs 13:14-20. A dead man raised to life by touching the bones of Elisha, 2Kgs 13:21. Hazael dies, having long oppressed Israel; but Jehoash recovers many cities out of the hands of Ben-hadad, his successor, and defeats him three times, 2Kgs 13:22-25. Verse 1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash - The chronology here is thus accounted for; Jehoahaz began his reign at the commencement of the twenty-third year of Joash, and reigned seventeen years, fourteen alone, and three years with his son Joash; the fourteenth year was but just begun.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 13:1-9

It was the ancient honour of Israel that they were a praying people. Jehoahaz, their king, in his distress, besought the Lord; applied himself for help, but not to the calves; what help could they give him? He sought the Lord. See how swift God is to show mercy; how ready to hear prayer; how willing to find a reason to be gracious; else he would not look so far back as the ancient covenant Israel had so often broken, and forfeited. Let this invite and engage us for ever to him; and encourage even those who have forsaken him, to return and repent; for there is forgiveness with him, that he may be feared. And if the Lord answer the mere cry of distress for temporal relief, much more will he regard the prayer of faith for spiritual blessings.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Kings 13:1 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.

בִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.Natin yearH8141

עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.RimtwentyH6242

וְשָׁלֹשׁ֙ve.sha.Loshand threeH7969

שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141

לְיוֹאָ֥שׁle.yo.'Ashof JoashH3101

בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121

אֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274

מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428

יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063

מָ֠לַךְMa.lakhhe became kingH4427

יְהוֹאָחָ֨זye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059

בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121

יֵה֤וּאye.Hu'JehuH3058

עַל\־'al-overH5921

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbe.Sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111

שְׁבַ֥עshe.Va'seven-H7651

עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240

שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]H8141

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 13:1

2 Kings 11:21
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings 11:4
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.
2 Kings 8:26
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Kings 10:35-36
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Jehoahaz's wicked reign.
3 Jehoahaz, oppressed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer.
8 Joash succeeds him.
10 His wicked reign.
12 Jeroboam succeeds him.
14 Elisha dying, prophesies to Joash three victories over the Syrians.
20 The Moabites invading the land, Elisha's bones raise a dead man.
22 Joash gets three victories over Ben-hadad.

three and twentieth year. Heb. twentieth year, and thirdyear.
8:26; 10:36; 11:4,21
Jehoahaz.
10:35

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Context

2 Kings 13:1
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 Kings 13:2
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.

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2 Kings 13:1 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	EN el año veintitrés de Joas hijo de Ochôzías, rey de Judá, comenzó á reinar Joachâz hijo de Jehú sobre Israel en Samaria; y reinó diecisiete años.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	*La vingt -troisième année de Joas, fils d’Achazia, roi de Juda, Joakhaz, fils de Jéhu, commença de régner sur Israël à Samarie; il régna 17 ans.
German Elberfelder 1871	Im 23. Jahre Joas, des Sohnes Ahasjas, des Königs von Juda, wurde Joahas, der Sohn Jehus, König über Israel zu Samaria und regierte siebzehn Jahre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Anno vigesimo tertio Joas filii Ochoziæ regis Juda, regnavit Joachaz filius Jehu super Israël in Samaria decem et septem annis.