2 Kings 12:17 - Easy To Read Version Hazael was the king of Aram. Hazael went to fight against the city of Gath. Hazael defeated Gath. Then he made plans to go fight against Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath [in Philistia], and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. Common English Bible About this same time, Aram’s King Hazael came up, attacked Gath, and captured it. Next Hazael decided to march against Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Hazael, the king of Syria, ascended and fought against Gath, and he captured it. And he directed his face, so that he might ascend against Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth, and took it and set his face to go up to Jerusalem. |
So Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace. He gave the silver and gold to his servants and sent them to Ben Hadad, the king of Aram. Ben Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon. Tabrimmon was the son of Hezion. Damascus was Ben Hadad’s capital city.
{Hazael will kill many bad people.} Jehu will kill anyone that escapes from Hazael’s sword. And Elisha will kill anyone that escapes from Jehu’s sword.
At that time, the Lord began to cut parts from Israel. Hazael king of Aram defeated the Israelites on every border of Israel.
Hazael won the land east of the Jordan River—all the land of Gilead, including the land that belonged to the family groups of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. Hazael won all the land from Aroer by the Arnon Valley to Gilead and Bashan.
Then the Lord was angry against Israel. The Lord gave Israel into the power of Hazael king of Aram and Hazael’s son Ben Hadad.
Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was in the temple [190] of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king’s house. Then Ahaz sent a gift to the king of Assyria.
Later David attacked the Philistine people. He defeated them. He took the town of Gath and the other small towns around it from the Philistine people.
If you say those things, then listen to the message of the Lord, you survivors {\cf2\super [345]} from Judah. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: ‘If you decide to go to live in Egypt, then these things will happen:
The northern king will decide to use all of his power to fight against the southern king. He will make an agreement with the southern king. The king of the north will let one of his daughters marry the southern king. The northern king will do that so he can defeat the southern king, but those plans will not succeed. His plans will not help him.
The guilt offering is like the sin offering. The same rules are for both offerings. The priest that does the sacrificing will get the meat for food.
Every grain offering belongs to the priest that offers it. That priest will get the grain offerings that were baked in an oven, or cooked on a frying pan or a baking dish.
The one thing they all want to do is fight. Their armies will march fast like the wind in the desert. And the Babylonian soldiers will take many, many prisoners—as many as the grains of sand.
The people will bring sacrifices, grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. Those offerings are most holy. Your share in the most holy offerings will come from the parts that are not burned. All those things will be for you and your sons.
The time was coming near when Jesus would leave and go back to heaven. He decided to go to Jerusalem.
But the people there would not welcome Jesus because he was going toward Jerusalem.
So David and his 600 men left Israel. They went to Achish son of Maoch. Achish was king of Gath.