2 Kings 13 · Verse 22

2 Kings 13:22

But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 13:22, King James Version

2 Kings 13:22 in other translations

BSBAnd Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.
WEBHazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
ASVAnd Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
YLTAnd Hazael king of Aram hath oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz,
DARBYAnd Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
BBEAnd Israel was crushed under the power of Hazael, king of Aram, all the days of Jehoahaz.
WebsterBut Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

What does 2 Kings 13:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 13:20-25

God has many ways to chastise a provoking people. Trouble comes sometimes from that point whence we least feared it. The mention of this invasion on the death of Elisha, shows that the removal of God's faithful prophets is a presage of coming judgments. His dead body was a means of giving life to another dead body. This miracle was a confirmation of his prophecies. And it may have reference to Christ, by whose death…

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2 Kings 13:22 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙va.cha.za.'Eland HazaelH2371
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
אֲרָ֔ם'a.RamAramH758
לָחַ֖ץla.Chatzhe had oppressedH3905
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
יְמֵ֥יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
יְהוֹאָחָֽז\׃ye.ho.'a.ChazJehoahazH3059

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

Cross references for 2 Kings 13:22

  • 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.

  • Psalms 106:40-42

    Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

  • 2 Kings 13:3-7

    And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3148-3165. B.C. 856-839. Hazael.
3-7; 8:12; Ps 106:40-42

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Context

  • 2 Kings 13:21

    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.

  • 2 Kings 13:22

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

  • 2 Kings 13:23

    And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

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2 Kings 13:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hazael pues, rey de Siria, afligió á Israel todo el tiempo de Joachâz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
*Et Hazaël, roi de Syrie, opprima Israël tous les jours de Joakhaz.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Hasael, der König von Syrien, bedrückte Israel alle Tage des Joahas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Igitur Hazaël rex Syriæ afflixit Israël cunctis diebus Joachaz: