In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
Parallel translations
- WEB In those days Yahweh began to cut away parts of Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
- BSB In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
- NKJV In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel
- NASB In those days the Lord began to cut off pieces from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
- NLT At about that time the Lord began to cut down the size of Israel’s territory. King Hazael conquered several sections of the country
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In Jehu's days God begins to shrink Israel's territory, using Hazael of Syria to strike them. Israel's persistent sin brings national decline.
Overview
The Lord Himself begins reducing Israel, employing the Syrian king Hazael as His instrument of discipline. The losses are the covenant consequence of continued idolatry. Even a king God used could not exempt the nation from chastening for unfaithfulness, showing that privilege without obedience does not avert judgment.
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- 2 Kgs 8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
- 1 Kgs 19:17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
- 2 Kgs 13:22But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
- 2 Kgs 13:25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad 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.
- 2 Kgs 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
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