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2 Rois 13:4

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4 Mais Joachaz supplia l'Éternel, et l'Éternel l'exauça; car il vit l'oppression des Israélites, il vit que le roi de Syrie les opprimait.

2 Rois 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 13:4

And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto
him
He did not apply in his distress to the calves he worshipped, but to the Lord; who had a regard to his prayer, not for his sake, or any righteousness of his, or even his repentance and humiliation, which were only external; but for the sake of Israel, and because they were oppressed, who were his people, and he their God, though they had sadly departed from him:

for he saw the oppression of Israel;
not only with his eye of omniscience, but with an eye of mercy and compassion:

because the king of Syria oppressed them;
by his incursions upon them, and wars with them.

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2 Rois 13:4 In-Context

2 Il fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l'Éternel; car il suivit les péchés de Jéroboam, fils de Nébat, par lesquels il avait fait pécher Israël. Il ne s'en détourna point.
3 La colère de l'Éternel s'alluma donc contre Israël; et il les livra entre les mains de Hazaël, roi de Syrie, et entre les mains de Ben-Hadad, fils de Hazaël, durant tout ce temps-là.
4 Mais Joachaz supplia l'Éternel, et l'Éternel l'exauça; car il vit l'oppression des Israélites, il vit que le roi de Syrie les opprimait.
5 L'Éternel donna donc un libérateur à Israël, et ils sortirent de dessous la puissance des Syriens. Ainsi les enfants d'Israël habitèrent dans leurs tentes, comme auparavant.
6 Toutefois, ils ne se détournèrent point des péchés de la maison de Jéroboam, qu'il avait fait commettre à Israël; mais ils y marchèrent, et même l'emblème d'Ashéra subsista à Samarie,
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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