2 Kings 12:17

Hazael Gath Jerusalem Syria

¹⁵ No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

¹⁶ The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

¹⁸ So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

¹⁹ As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
KJV: Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
WEB: Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
ASV: Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
DARBY: Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.
BLB: Then went up Hazael king of Aram and fought against Gath and captured it. And Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.

ÅB: På den tid dro Syrias konge Hasael opp og stred mot Gat og inntok det; deretter satte han seg fore å dra opp mot Jerusalem.
OTB: Da rykket Hazael, kongen av Aram, fram og kjempet mot Gat og erobret det, og Hazael forberedte seg på å dra opp til Jerusalem.
B1930: På den tid drog Syrias konge Hasael op og stred mot Gat og inntok det; derefter satte han sig fore å dra op mot Jerusalem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 24:23–24
In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
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1 Kings 2:39–40
After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
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Jeremiah 42:15
then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
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Luke 9:53
But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 8:12–15
“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
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1 Samuel 27:2
So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
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1 Chronicles 18:1
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
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Luke 9:51
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
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