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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of 2 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In the twenty-third year of Je·hoʹash1 the son of A·ha·ziʹah2 the king of Judah, Je·hoʹa·haz3 the son of Jeʹhu4 became king over Israel in Sa·marʹi·a for seventeen years.
  2. And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes5 and went walking in pursuit of the sin of Jer·o·boʹam6 the son of Neʹbat, with which he caused Israel to sin.7 He did not turn aside from it.
  3. And Jehovah’s anger8 became hot against Israel, so that he gave them into the hand of Hazʹa·el9 the king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-haʹdad10 the son of Hazʹa·el all their days.
  4. ¶ In time Je·hoʹa·haz softened11 the face of Jehovah, so that Jehovah listened12 to him; for he had seen the oppression upon Israel,13 because the king of Syria had oppressed them.14
  5. Consequently Jehovah gave Israel a savior,15 so that they came out from under the hand of Syria, and the sons of Israel continued to dwell in their homes[a] as formerly.16
  6. (Only they did not depart from the sin of the house of Jer·o·boʹam, with which he caused Israel to sin.17 In it he walked;18 and even the sacred pole[b]19 itself stood in Sa·marʹi·a.)
  7. For he had not left to Je·hoʹa·haz any people but fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand men on foot,20 because the king of Syria had destroyed them,21 that he might make them like the dust at threshing.22
  8. ¶ As for the rest of the affairs of Je·hoʹa·haz and all that he did and his mightiness, are they not written in the book23 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Israel?
  9. Finally Je·hoʹa·haz lay down with his forefathers, and they buried him in Sa·marʹi·a;24 and Je·hoʹash25 his son began to reign in place of him.
  10. ¶ In the thirty-seventh year of Je·hoʹash the king of Judah, Je·hoʹash26 the son of Je·hoʹa·haz became king over Israel in Sa·marʹi·a for sixteen years.
  11. And he continued to do what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes.27 He did not depart from all the sins of Jer·o·boʹam the son of Neʹbat, with which he made Israel sin.28 In them he walked.
  12. ¶ As for the rest of the affairs of Je·hoʹash and all that he did and his mightiness [and] how he fought29 against Am·a·ziʹah the king of Judah, are they not written in the book30 of the affairs of the days of the kings of Israel?
  13. Finally Je·hoʹash lay down with his forefathers, and Jer·o·boʹam[c]31 himself sat upon his throne. In turn Je·hoʹash was buried in Sa·marʹi·a with the kings of Israel.32
  14. ¶ As regards E·liʹsha,33 he had taken sick with the sickness with which he was to die.34 So Je·hoʹash the king of Israel came down to him and began to weep over his face and say: “My father,35 my father, the war chariot[d] of Israel and his horsemen!”36
  15. And E·liʹsha proceeded to say to him: “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took to himself a bow and arrows.
  16. And he went on to say to the king of Israel: “Put your hand to the bow.”[e] Accordingly he put his hand to it, after which E·liʹsha laid his hands upon the hands37 of the king.
  17. Then he said: “Open the window to the east.” So he opened it. Finally E·liʹsha said: “Shoot!” So he shot. He now said: “Jehovah’s arrow of salvation, even the arrow of salvation38 against Syria! And you will certainly strike down Syria at Aʹphek39 to the finishing point.”
  18. ¶ And he went on to say: “Take the arrows.” At that he took [them]. Then he said to the king of Israel: “Strike on the earth.” So he struck three times and stopped.40
  19. And the man of the [true] God41 grew indignant at him; hence he said: “It was meant to strike five or six times![f] In that case you would certainly be striking down Syria to the finishing point, but now it is three times that you will strike down Syria.”42
  20. ¶ After that E·liʹsha died and they buried him.43 And there were marauding bands44 of the Moʹab·ites45 that regularly came into the land at the coming in of the year.
  21. And it came about that as they were burying a man, why, here they saw the marauding band. At once they threw the man into E·liʹsha’s burial place and went off. When the man touched the bones of E·liʹsha, he immediately came to life46 and stood upon his feet.47
  22. ¶ As for Hazʹa·el48 the king of Syria, he oppressed49 Israel all the days of Je·hoʹa·haz.
  23. However, Jehovah showed them favor50 and had mercy51 upon them and turned to them for the sake of his covenant52 with Abraham,53 Isaac54 and Jacob;55 and he did not want to bring them to ruin,56 and he did not cast them away from before his face until now.
  24. Finally Hazʹa·el the king of Syria died, and Ben-haʹdad his son began to reign in place of him.
  25. And Je·hoʹash the son of Je·hoʹa·haz proceeded to take back again from the hand of Ben-haʹdad the son of Hazʹa·el the cities that he had taken from the hand of Je·hoʹa·haz his father in war. Three times Je·hoʹash struck him down, and he got to recover the cities of Israel.57

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “tents.”
  2. ^ Or, “the Asherah.”
  3. ^ That is, Jeroboam II.
  4. ^ See 2:12 ftn.
  5. ^ Lit., “Make your hand ride upon the bow.”
  6. ^ “If you had struck five or six times,” LXX; Vg, “If you had struck five or six or seven times.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 11:2, 21
  2. ^ 2Ki 8:26; 9:27
  3. ^ 2Ki 10:35
  4. ^ 2Ki 10:30
  5. ^ De 28:15
  6. ^ 1Ki 12:28; 13:33
  7. ^ 1Ki 14:16
  8. ^ Le 26:17; De 6:15; 7:4; Ps 7:11; Heb 12:29
  9. ^ 1Ki 19:17; 2Ki 8:12
  10. ^ 2Ki 13:24
  11. ^ Jg 6:6; 10:10; 2Ch 33:13; Ps 78:34
  12. ^ De 4:7; Ps 50:15; 65:2; 1Jo 5:14
  13. ^ Ge 31:42; Ex 3:7; Jg 10:16
  14. ^ 2Ki 14:26
  15. ^ Ne 9:27
  16. ^ Ps 130:4
  17. ^ 2Ki 10:29; 17:21
  18. ^ 1Ki 16:26
  19. ^ De 7:5; 1Ki 14:15; 16:33
  20. ^ 2Ki 10:32
  21. ^ De 28:45; 2Ki 8:12
  22. ^ Am 1:3
  23. ^ 1Ki 14:19; 2Ki 10:34
  24. ^ 2Ki 10:35
  25. ^ 2Ki 14:8
  26. ^ 2Ki 14:1
  27. ^ 2Ki 13:2; Ho 5:11
  28. ^ 2Ki 10:29
  29. ^ 2Ki 14:8, 13; 2Ch 25:17
  30. ^ 1Ki 14:19; 2Ki 10:34
  31. ^ 2Ki 14:28
  32. ^ 2Ki 10:35; 13:9
  33. ^ 1Ki 19:16; 2Ki 5:8
  34. ^ Zc 1:5
  35. ^ 2Ki 5:13
  36. ^ 2Ki 2:12
  37. ^ Ps 144:1
  38. ^ Ps 18:14
  39. ^ 1Sa 29:1; 1Ki 20:26
  40. ^ Ga 6:9
  41. ^ Is 44:26
  42. ^ 2Ki 13:25
  43. ^ Ps 139:8
  44. ^ 2Ki 24:2
  45. ^ 2Ki 1:1
  46. ^ Jn 11:44; Heb 11:35
  47. ^ Re 11:11
  48. ^ 1Ki 19:15; 2Ki 10:32
  49. ^ 2Ki 8:12; Ps 106:41
  50. ^ Jg 10:16; 2Ki 14:27; Ne 9:31; Ps 86:15; Is 30:18; La 3:32
  51. ^ Ps 145:8; 2Co 1:3; Eph 2:4
  52. ^ Ex 2:24
  53. ^ Ge 13:16; 17:7; 22:17; Ex 32:13
  54. ^ Ge 26:3
  55. ^ Ge 28:13; Le 26:42
  56. ^ Ps 105:8; Mc 7:20; Heb 6:18
  57. ^ 2Ki 13:19

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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