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2 Kings 13:25 Explained in Context
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Verse 25. 25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Covenant compassion and Jehoash's three victories.”
Read It With
- 2 Kings 13:22–25
Read 2 Kings 13:25 with 13:22–25. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Hazael oppresses Israel, the LORD shows compassion because of the ancestral covenant, Hazael dies, and Jehoash recovers cities three times.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Covenant compassion and Jehoash's three victories,” 2 Kings 13:25 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Kings 13:20–21 establishes this prior movement: Elisha dies and is buried; raiders interrupt a burial, and the dead man revives when his body touches Elisha's bones. 2 Kings 13:22–25 brings the preceding movement toward its narrated result or transition; that evidenced relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 2 Kings 13:22–25 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 13:22–25 forms one scene or regnal notice: Hazael oppresses Israel, the LORD shows compassion because of the ancestral covenant, Hazael dies, and Jehoash recovers cities three times.
Verse 22. 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
Verse 23. 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.
Verse 24. 24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
Verse 25. 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
What Remains True
Public power, prophetic authority, and worship remain accountable to truth, human responsibility, affected people, and the limits of the evidence rather than title or success alone. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Hazael oppresses Israel, the LORD shows compassion because of the ancestral covenant, Hazael dies, and Jehoash recovers cities three times. In 2 Kings 13:25, the concrete line “And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael….” Use entrusted authority transparently, protect people affected by the decision, record who is responsible, and submit claimed spiritual or political necessity to independent review. This response follows from the unit's own sequence: Hazael oppresses Israel, the LORD shows compassion because of the ancestral covenant, Hazael dies, and Jehoash recovers cities three times.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 13:22–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:22–25
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 646–648, translation and translator notes for 13:22–25
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