2 Kings 12 - 13
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In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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Nevertheless, r the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.
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Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things s that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed - the money from the assessment of persons - and t the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,
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let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered."
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But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house.
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Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, "Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house."
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So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
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Then Jehoiada the priest took u a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
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And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted v the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
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Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord,
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and w to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house.
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x But there were not made for the house of the Lord y basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord,
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for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.
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And z they did not ask an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly.
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The money from a the guilt offerings and the money from the b sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; c it belonged to the priests.
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At that time d Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face e to go up against Jerusalem,
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Jehoash king of Judah f took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, g and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
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Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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h His servants arose and made a conspiracy i and struck down Joash in the house of j Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
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It was k Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of k Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, l and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 13
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In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.
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He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, m which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
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n And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them continually into the hand of o Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of p Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.
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Then Jehoahaz q sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord listened to him, r for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.
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(Therefore the Lord gave Israel s a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians, and the people of Israel lived in t their homes as formerly.
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Nevertheless, they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, m which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them; and u the Asherah also remained in Samaria.)
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For there was not left to Jehoahaz an army of more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust v at threshing.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.
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In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.
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He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, m which he made Israel to sin, but he walked in them.
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w Now the rest of the acts of Joash x and all that he did, y and the might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, z "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
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And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows.
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Then he said to the king of Israel, "Draw the bow," and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.
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And he said, "Open the window eastward," and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot," and he shot. And he said, "The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in a Aphek until you have made an end of them."
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And he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground with them." And he struck three times and stopped.
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Then b the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only c three times."
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So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of d Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.
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And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
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e Now Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
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f But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, g and he turned toward them, h because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.
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When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.
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Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities i that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. j Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 Kings 14:4
But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
2 Kings 15:35
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed. The people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 15:14
But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days.
1 Kings 22:43
He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.
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2 Kings 22:4
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people.
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Exodus 35:5
Take from among you a contribution to the Lord. Whoever is of a generous heart, let him bring the Lord 's contribution: gold, silver, and bronze.
1 Chronicles 29:9
Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
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Mark 12:41
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.
Luke 21:1
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.
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2 Kings 22:4
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people.
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2 Kings 22:5 - 6
And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house
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2 Chronicles 24:14
And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord regularly all the days of Jehoiada.
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1 Kings 7:50
The cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.
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2 Kings 22:7
But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.
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Leviticus 5:15
If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
Leviticus 5:18
He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.
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Leviticus 4:24
And shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord ; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:29
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
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Leviticus 7:7
The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
Numbers 18:19
All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.
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2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.
1 Kings 19:17
And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.
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2 Chronicles 24:23 - 24
At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
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2 Kings 16:8
Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king's house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:15 - 16
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house.
1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying.
2 Kings 14:14
And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
1 Kings 14:26
He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made.
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2 Kings 12:4
Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed - the money from the assessment of persons - and the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord.
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2 Kings 12:20 - 21
His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
2 Chronicles 24:25 - 27
When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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2 Kings 14:5
And as soon as the royal power was firmly in his hand, he struck down his servants who had struck down the king his father.
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2 Samuel 5:9
And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.
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2 Chronicles 24:26
Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite.
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2 Chronicles 24:26
Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite.
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2 Kings 14:1
In the second year of Joash the son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, began to reign.
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1 Kings 14:16
And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.
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Judges 2:14
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
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2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.
1 Kings 19:17
And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.
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2 Kings 13:24 - 25
When Hazael king of Syria died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place.
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Exodus 32:11
But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, "O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
Psalms 78:34
When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly.
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2 Kings 14:26
For the Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.
Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
Exodus 3:9
And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
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Judges 3:9
But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who made them suffer. And in the time of their suffering they cried out to you and you heard them from heaven, and according to your great mercies you gave them saviors who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
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2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
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2 Kings 13:2
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
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1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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Amos 1:3
Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
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2 Kings 13:2
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
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2 Kings 14:15
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
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2 Kings 13:14 - 19
Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!
2 Kings 13:25
Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 Kings 14:8 - 14
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face.
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2 Kings 2:12
And Elisha saw it and he cried, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
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1 Kings 20:26
In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
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Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
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2 Kings 13:25
Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 Kings 1:1
After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Kings 3:7
And he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to battle against Moab?" And he said, "I will go. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
2 Kings 24:2
And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets.
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2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.
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2 Kings 14:27
But the Lord had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
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Exodus 2:24 - 25
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.'
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2 Kings 10:32
In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
2 Kings 14:25
He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
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2 Kings 13:18 - 19
And he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground with them." And he struck three times and stopped.
Amos 1:4
So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
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