Bible Cross References
A. M. 3148-3165. B.C. 856-839. Hazael
2 Kings 13:3-7
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So the LORD was angry with Israel, and he allowed King Hazael of Syria and his son Benhadad to defeat Israel time after time.
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Then Jehoahaz prayed to the LORD, and the LORD, seeing how harshly the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelites, answered his prayer.
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The LORD sent Israel a leader, who freed them from the Syrians, and so the Israelites lived in peace, as before.
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But they still did not give up the sins into which King Jeroboam had led Israel, but kept on committing them; and the image of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
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Jehoahaz had no armed forces left except fifty cavalry troops, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Syria had destroyed the rest, trampling them down like dust.
2 Kings 8:12
"Why are you crying, sir?" Hazael asked. "Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel," Elisha answered. "You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women."
Psalm 106:40-42
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So the LORD was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.
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He abandoned them to the power of the heathen, and their enemies ruled over them.
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They were oppressed by their enemies and were in complete subjection to them.