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But Jehoahaz sought the Lord,[a] and the Lord paid attention to him, because the Lord[b] had been watching the oppression that Israel was enduring from the king of Aram.[c]

God Delivers Israel

The Lord provided Israel with a deliverer, so they escaped the Aramean oppression while the descendants of Israel lived in tents as they had formerly. Nevertheless, they did not change course away from the sins of Jeroboam’s household, by which he caused Israel to sin, but continued on that same course, with Asherah poles[d] remaining in place in Samaria.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:4 Lit. the Lord’s face
  2. 2 Kings 13:4 Lit. because he
  3. 2 Kings 13:4 The Heb. lacks that Israel was enduring from the king of Aram
  4. 2 Kings 13:6 I.e. cultic pillars used in pagan worship, and so throughout the book