17 Then (A)Hazael the king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and (B)Hazael [a]was intent on going up against Jerusalem. 18 So (C)Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred offerings that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and (D)his own sacred offerings, and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:17 Lit set his face to go

Aramean Invasion of Judah

17 At that time Hazael(A) king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he planned to attack Jerusalem.(B) 18 So King Joash of Judah took all the consecrated items that his ancestors—Judah’s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah—had consecrated, along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the king’s palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram.(C) Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

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