Bible Strands
2 Kings 13:5
So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Yahweh’s response to Jehoahaz’s prayer after observing the Aramean oppression of Israel during Jehoahaz’s reign. The event occurs within the northern kingdom’s ongoing cycle of rebellion and divine restraint.
The words — The text highlights מוֹשִׁיעַ (mo.Shi.aʿ), meaning “a deliverer,” and מִתַּחַת יַד (mi.ttaḥat yad), literally “from under the hand of,” describing Israel’s release from Aramean control.
The thread — The pattern of rescue followed by political restoration runs through 2 Kings 13:25, where Jehoash reclaims cities, and 2 Kings 14:25–27, where Jeroboam II restores borders and Yahweh refuses to blot out Israel’s name.
Why it lands — The verse states a historical deliverance without linking it to Israel’s repentance, as the immediate context notes their continued worship of the Asherah pole. It requires the reader to accept that divine intervention functions on Yahweh’s own terms, independent of national covenant faithfulness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
(And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 13:25 Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.
- 2 Kings 14:25 This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
- 2 Kings 14:27 and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- Nehemiah 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
- Exodus 4:10 “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Deuteronomy 19:4 Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
- 1 Samuel 19:7 So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
- Isaiah 19:20 It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
- Obadiah 1:21 The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.