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

Then tame the people of Israel unto Moses and said - We have sinned in that we spake against Yahweh and against thee, Pray thou unto Yahweh, that he may take from us the serpent. So Moses prayed for the people.

Thus was Israel greatly impoverished, because of Midian, - and the sons of Israel made outcry unto Yahweh.

Then did the sons of Israel make outcry unto Yahweh, saying, - We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baals.

If he slew of them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee, - They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

Saying, to a tree, My father, art thou! And to a stone, Thou, didst give us birth, For they have turned unto me the back and not the face, - But in the time of their calamity, they will say, Arise, and save us!

The lord

For Yahweh saw the humiliation of Israel, that it was bitter, indeed, - and that there was no one shut up, nor any one left at large, no one indeed to help Israel.

And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens; and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy where he is.

Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt, - and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains;

And the sons of Israel said unto Yahweh - We have sinned, do, thou, with us, according to all that is fitting in thine eyes, - only rescue us, we beseech thee this day.

But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God, - and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

Many times, did he rescue them, - But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity.

Call unto me that I may answer thee, - and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

He saw

But that the God of my father - The God of Abraham, and the Dread of Isaac - Proved to he mine, Surely even now, empty, hadst thou let me go? My humiliation and the wearying toil of my hands, God had seen, And therefore gave sentence last night!

Now, therefore, lo! the outcry of the sons of Israel, hath come in unto me, - moreover also, I have seen the oppression, wherewith the Egyptians are oppressing them.

In all their affliction, he, was afflicted And the messenger of his presence saved them, In his love and in his pity, he, redeemed them, - And then lifted them up and carried them all the days of the age-past time.

Because the king

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

For Yahweh saw the humiliation of Israel, that it was bitter, indeed, - and that there was no one shut up, nor any one left at large, no one indeed to help Israel.