2 Kings 13:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Jehoahaz

The lord

He saw

Genesis 31:42

Exodus 3:9

Isaiah 63:9

Because the king

2 Kings 13:22

2 Kings 14:26

Bible References

Jehoahaz

And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against LORD, and against thee. Pray to LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

And Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to LORD.

And the sons of Israel cried to LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.

When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.

LORD, in trouble they have visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening was upon them.

who say to a block of wood, Thou are my father, and to a stone, Thou have brought me forth. For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

The lord

For LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter, for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.

And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

And the sons of Israel said to LORD, We have sinned. Do thou to us whatever seems good to thee, only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.

And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

And call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me.

Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

Call to me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou know not.

He saw

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now thou would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee last night.

And now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel have come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the [heavenly] agent of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. And he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Because the king

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

For LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter, for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.