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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 13:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 13:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jehoahaz [03059] besought [02470] the LORD [03068], and the LORD [03068] hearkened [08085] unto [06440] him: for he saw [07200] the oppression [03906] of Israel [03478], because the king [04428] of Syria [0758] oppressed [03905] them. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| he saw the oppression of Israel--that is, commiserated the fallen condition of His chosen people. The divine honor and the interests of true religion required that deliverance should be granted them to check the triumph of the idolatrous enemy and put an end to their blasphemous taunts that God had forsaken Israel (Deu 32:27; Psa 12:4). |
4 Who have said [0559], With our tongue [03956] will we prevail [01396]; our lips [08193] are our own: who is lord [0113] over us?
27 Were it not [03884] that I feared [01481] the wrath [03708] of the enemy [0341], lest their adversaries [06862] should behave themselves strangely [05234], and lest they should say [0559], Our hand [03027] is high [07311], and the LORD [03068] hath not done [06466] all this.